use warnings; use 5.010; for my $num (1 .. 5) { my $a = $num; {say "in block: $a"}; sub test { say "in function: $a"; } test() } --output:-- in block: 1 in function: 1 in block: 2 in function: 1 in block: 3 in function: 1 in block: 4 in function: 1 in block: 5 in function: 1