#!/usr/bin/perl sub getInfo ($\%) { my $scalar = shift; my $hash = shift; print "scalar = '$scalar'\n"; print "hash = $hash\n"; print "$_ => $hash->{$_}\n" for keys %$hash; } my %hash = (foo => 'bar', baz => 'quux'); my $scalar = 'string'; getInfo($scalar,%hash); __END__