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By adding parens, where you are attempting to store the address of your subs: A => \&print_A(),, you are invoking the subs and then string the address of whatever is returned (the value 1 from print).

Try it this way:

sub print_A {
    print "\nA\n";
}
sub print_B {
    print "\nB\n";
}

$calls = { A=> \&print_A, B=> \&print_B };;

$calls->{'A'}();;

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In reply to Re: How to conditionally execute a subroutine defined as hash value by BrowserUk
in thread How to conditionally execute a subroutine defined as hash value by Anonymous Monk

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