>perl -wMstrict -le "print send_values({name => 'Joe Doe', addr => '123 4th St.'}); print send_values({ addr => '666 Mobil Ave.', phone => '321-432-5432' }); print send_values({ name => 'Moe Foe', addr => '7 6th Rd.', phone => '432-543-6543' }); ;; sub send_values { my ($hr_args) = @_; ;; my %defaults = ( name => undef, addr => undef, phone => '(not given)', ); ;; my %args = (%defaults, %$hr_args); my @bad = grep !defined($args{$_}), keys %args; return undef if @bad and warn((caller 0)[3], qq{: bad arg(s): @bad}); ;; return sprintf qq{%s %s

%s

}, @args{ qw(name addr phone) }; } " Joe Doe 123 4th St.

(not given)

main::send_values: bad arg(s): name at -e line 1. Use of uninitialized value in print at -e line 1. Moe Foe 7 6th Rd.

432-543-6543