Hi, I need to invoke the method based on the user input. I have the following script and it works.

Can you please explain how does this line work? $func->(%opts);

This line $func->(%opts) do not have any return statement; But it returns the value properly

Thanks

Code:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

use strict;
use Getopt::Long qw(:config gnu_getopt);

###########################################
# Parses the commad line arguments
# Example: callfunction.pl -action getInfo
###########################################
sub parse_args {
my %opts;
GetOptions(\%opts,
"action=s",
);
return %opts;
}

my %opts = parse_args();
my $action = $opts{action};

my $output = call_function($action, %opts);


=head call_function ($function_name, %params)
This method invokes the appropriate subroutine based on the funcname p
+assed
=cut
sub call_function {
my $funcname = shift;
my %opts = @_;
my $package = 'main';
if ( my $func = UNIVERSAL::can($package, $funcname) ) {
$func->(%opts);
}
else {
die "no such function $package\::$funcname\n";
}
}

sub getInfo {
my $msg = shift;
return $msg;
}
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