Heylo all, did some searching and couldn't find the answer I was hoping for, so just checking to see if there is a way to do what I want. I have input data stored in a Hash that was parsed from an XML structure, the keys are the element tag of the structure, so what would I like to do is call a function based on the key value. For example, if I have the following

%sample = ( location => .somedata.);
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And I have a subroutine called location, I would like to determine if the key is a valid sub (may not as it is input data) and if it is call it.

foreach $key (keys %sample) {
   &$key($sample{$key})  if ($key <is a valid name of a subroutine>);
}
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I could hard code the keys into some type of Switch code that calls the proper subroutine, but that means I need change that every time I add a new handler (subroutine). I was hoping to just add new subroutines without changing the core flow of the application.