This is a job for a dispatch table...

#tested
my %dispatch = (
  INTEGER   => \&checkInteger,
  DATE      => \&checkDate,
  IPADDRESS => \&checkIpaddress,
  FOO       => \&checkFoo
);

my $type   = "INTEGER";
my $answer = "44";

die "can't do $type" unless exists $dispatch{$type};
my $convAnswer = $dispatch{$type}->($answer);

sub checkInteger   { print "int"  }
sub checkDate      { print "date" }
sub checkIpaddress { print "ip"   }
sub checkFoo       { print "foo"  }

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If you insist on using your no strict "refs" method it's only a matter of time before someone enters deleteAllFiles as the data type.

Edit: Damn. You're all too fast. Or is it that I'm too Slow?

In reply to Re: Trying to get around the "use strict 'refs'" Issue by FunkyMonk
in thread Trying to get around the "use strict 'refs'" Issue by qazwart

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