#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; use Foo; my $help = 'Please display this message'; my $foo = Foo->new; my $subref = $foo->subref; foreach my $pos (@{$subref->{order}}){ print "POS: $pos\n"; my $sub = $subref->{dispatch}->{$pos}; print Dumper($sub); &$sub($help); } #### package Foo; use strict; use warnings; sub new { bless {}, shift; } sub suba { my $self = shift; my $param = shift || ''; print "Message is: $param\n"; } sub subb { return; } sub subref { my $self = shift; return { order => ['A', 'B'], dispatch => { A => sub { $self->suba }, B => sub { $self->subb }, } }; } 1; #### POS: A $VAR1 = sub { "DUMMY" }; Message is: POS: B $VAR1 = sub { "DUMMY" };