use strict; use warnings; sub fgenerator { my %f = ( add_one => sub {map {$_ + 1} @_}, log => sub {map {log($_)} @_}, times_3 => sub {map {$_ * 3} @_}, ); my @t = @f{ grep { exists $f{$_} } @_ }; # ignore unknown names warn "Don't know sub(s) ".join ", ",(grep { !exists $f{$_} } @_) if @t < @_; return sub { @_ = $_->(@_) for @t; return @_; }; } my $trans1 = fgenerator qw( add_one log times_3 ); my $trans2 = fgenerator qw( add_one add_one add_one times_3 fun ); my @data = (1, 2, 3); my @trans = $trans1->( @data ); print "@trans\n"; @trans = $trans2->( @data ); print "@trans\n";