in reply to how to find a subroutine exists or not

This should do it, 

test() if defined *test{CODE};

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That directly checks the symbol table to see if *test contains a code definition.

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Re^2: how to find a subroutine exists or not
by diotalevi (Canon) on Apr 20, 2006 at 15:36 UTC

    This does not work when the symbol is a constant sub and you're using perl 5.9.3+. defined &test s the documented and backwards compatible way to test for this.

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Re^2: how to find a subroutine exists or not
by japhy (Canon) on Apr 20, 2006 at 15:25 UTC
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