I agree with Joost, you should probably use function references as he suggests. However, there's a couple ways to do what you want if you are stuck with a value that is a function name. Cheap way 1: 
eval "&$s()";

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Or you could try: 
&{ &UNIVERSAL::can('main', $s) }();

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To rewrite the second example to make it nicer: 
my $funcRef = &UNIVERSAL::can('main', $s);
if( ref($funcRef) eq 'CODE' ) { &$funcRef(); }
else { warn "Function $s not found in package main!"; }

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(update: should probably check the return from 'can' to ensure it returns a function reference)

In reply to Re: How to call subroutines using variables ? by saintly
in thread How to call subroutines using variables ? by Anonymous Monk

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