use v5.14; sub total { my $sum = 0; foreach (@_) { $sum += $_; } say "list @_\nsum is $sum"; $sum; } say "Enter a list of number to calculate sum :"; my @numList = split /[,\s]+/, ; chomp @numList; @numList = grep length, @numList; my $total = total(@numList); say "Total : $total"; __END__ Enter a list of number to calculate sum : 10 12 20 list 10 12 20 sum is 42 Total : 42