Sounds like you're reinventing Object Oriented Programming the hard way. "Same subroutine in different packages based on a string" is another way of saying "same method in different classes based on type". Consider this code: 
{
  package A;
  sub just_print {
    my $class = shift; # extra parameter must be accounted for
    print "In A: @_\n";
  }
}
{
  package B;
  sub just_print {
    my $class = shift; # extra parameter must be accounted for
    print "In B: @_\n";
  }
}
# back to package main:
print "A or B: ";
chomp(my $selector = <STDIN>);
$selector =~ /^[AB]$/ or die "I said A, or B!";
$selector->just_print(1..10); # prints 1..10

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In reply to •Re: calling functions with same names but in different modules depending on user input by merlyn
in thread calling functions with same names but in different modules depending on user input by Anonymous Monk

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