sub IsMember { my %Set = ( 'age' => 1, 'old' => 1, 'years' => 1); return $Set{$_[0]}; } #### { my %Set = ( 'age' => 1, 'old' => 1, 'years' => 1); sub IsMember { return $Set{$_[0]}; } } #### sub IsMember { return $_[0] =~ m/age|old|years/; }