use strict; use Digest::SHA 'sha1_hex'; sub get_hash_printer { my $str = shift; my $hash = sha1_hex($str); return sub { print "$hash\n"; } } my $hash_printer = get_hash_printer("Hello"); $hash_printer->(); __END__ f7ff9e8b7bb2e09b70935a5d785e0cc5d9d0abf0