use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; sub do_stuff { foreach (1..5) { &dangerous($_); say "calculation in do_stuff(): ", $_ * 10; } } sub dangerous { $_ = shift; $_ *= 100; say "calculation in dangerous(): $_" } &do_stuff(); --output:-- calculation in dangerous(): 100 calculation in do_stuff(): 1000 calculation in dangerous(): 200 calculation in do_stuff(): 2000 calculation in dangerous(): 300 calculation in do_stuff(): 3000 calculation in dangerous(): 400 calculation in do_stuff(): 4000 calculation in dangerous(): 500 calculation in do_stuff(): 5000 #### sub do_stuff1 { local $_ = shift; chomp; say; }