$ perl -MData::Dumper -e 'sub t{ $_+=1 for @_}; my %h = (1 => 2, 3 => 4); t(%h); print Dumper \%h' #### $VAR1 = { '1' => 3, '3' => 5 }; #### $VAR1 = { '2' => 3, '4' => 5 };