ok now my code looks like this 
 sub settime($){ print "nMetrics>You have entered the settime command\
+n";
                        print "nMetrics>The argument given is $_[0]\n"
+;}
        sub showtime{ print "nMetrics>You have entered the show time c
+ommand\n";}
        sub error{ print "nMetrics>Invalid command line options\n";}

        $myhash{"set time"}=\&settime;
        $myhash{"show time"}=\&showtime;
        $myhash{default}=\&error;


        print "Welcome to nMetrics application monitor\n";
        print "Please type in a command\n";

        label:print "nMetrics>";
        while(<STDIN>)
        {
                chomp;
                if (exists $myhash{$_})
                           {$myhash{$_}->();}

                else
                           {$myhash{default}->();}
        goto label;
        }

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i cant understand how i am going to pass arguments to my sub routines. can u just specify who i can pass arguments in this sort of a set up?

In reply to Re^4: CLI using hashes by bahadur
in thread CLI using hashes by bahadur

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