print_html( onChange => qq{ document.approveform.command.value='approve'; document.approveform.submit(); }, onClick => qq{ if (this.disabled) { alert('some text!'); } } ); sub print_html { my %param = @_; print "onChange: $param{'onChange'}\n" if ( exists $param{'onChange'} ); print "onClick: $param{'onClick'}\n" if ( exists $param{'onClick'} ); }