Dear Monks, Hoping you can help. I can call the subroutine first_name() like this: 

$self->xml()->first_name();

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However I want to call it when 'first_name' is a constant. The following code doesn't work 

use constant {
  STUFF => {
    'name1'     => 'first_name',
    'name2'     => 'last_name',
  },
};

foreach my $val (keys ${\( STUFF() ) } ){
  my $value = eval("$self->xml()->${\( STUFF() ) }->{ $val }()");
}

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I can't use a code ref like below because of how it needs to be called ( perhaps there is a way? ) Note: I cannot use Readyonly either. I've also tried various combinations of \&{$variable} but can't seem to get it to work. 

use constant {
  STUFF => {
    'name1'     => $self->xml()->first_name(),
    'name2'     => $self->xml()->last_name(),
  },
};

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Please help if you can. Thanks

In reply to Calling a subroutine when part of call is a variable Contant by Anonymous Monk

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