my %check = ( foo => qr/^([[:alpha:]]+)$/, bar => qr/^([[:alpha:]]+)$/, baz => qr/^([[:alpha:]]+)$/, quux => qr/^([[:alpha:]]+)$/, ); my %f; for my $pname (keys %check) {; defined && /$check{$pname}/ ? $f{$pname} = $1 : untaint_fail($pname) for scalar param($pname); }