Well, you could do something like that but you don't really want to anyway. You should validate the user's input.

My suggestion is to use a hash of sub references.

sub he_eats   { print "You eat @_!\n"; }
sub he_sleeps { print "You sleep @_!\n"; }
sub he_moves  { print "You move @_!\n"; } 

my %actions = ( 
    eat   => \&he_eats, 
    sleep => \&he_sleeps, 
    move  => \&he_moves, 
); 

while (<>) {
    chomp; 
    my ($action, @args) = split; 
    if (exists $actions{$action}) { 
        $actions{$action}->(@args);
    }
}

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This is my 600th post.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

In reply to Re: Naming Subs by sauoq
in thread Naming Subs by eoin

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