my %functions = ( function1 => {arglist1 => ["arg1", { arg2 => val2 }], arglist2 => [...], ... }, function2 => {...}, ..., ); while (my ($func, $argsList) = each %functions) { for my $key (keys %$argsList) { print "Test $func against args $key\n" &{"harcommon::$func"}(@{$argsList->{$key}}); } }