#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @array = qw(arrayval1 arrayval2 arrayval3 arrayval4 arrayval5); my %hash = (key1=>'val1', key2=>'val2', key3=>'val3'); sub check_input_list { print "\n"; print "@_"; print "\n"; } check_input_list(@array, %hash); check_input_list(\@array, %hash); check_input_list(@array, \%hash); check_input_list(\@array, \%hash);