Exactly. The example I gave is not a closure, no one suggested it was. In fact, I specifically said I was trying this instead of a closure.

Ok, maybe I wasn't That specific. What I said was, "I'm not sure how to do this using a closure (short of a big ugly if-then-else structure) so I tried to create subroutines..." which I read, perhaps mistakenly, "I didn't like the use of a closure so I tried something else".     I apologize if this confused anyone.