Well, I haven't looked too closely, but from the short if/else section, you want to start by making functions, like this 
    if ($category_id eq "all") {
        push @all_matches, SomethingAll(...);
    }
    elsif ($category_id eq "subj") {
        push @all_matches, SomethingSubj(...);
    }

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which you would later turn into a dispatch table 
my %dispatch_table = (
   all => \&SomethingAll
   subj => \&SomethingSubj
   _default => \&SomethingDefault
);
...
my $callback = $dispatch_table{$category_id} || $dispatch_table{_defau
+lt};
push @all_matches, $callback->(...);

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OO not required. When deciding which function to call requires something more complicated than a simple string comparison (key lookup), you'll benefit more from using object-oriented-programming.

perl Moose Strategy Design Pattern -> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/en/wiki/Computer_Science_Design_Patterns/Strategy#Perl

In reply to Re: How to implement a Design Pattern/ Strategy?? by Anonymous Monk
in thread How to implement a Design Pattern/ Strategy?? by jonc

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