#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @input = (1..6); my @output = my_map(\&double, @input); sub double { return 2 * shift; } sub my_map { my ($function, @values) = @_; my @results; foreach my $value (@values) { push @results, $function->($value); } return @results; } use Data::Dumper; print Dumper \@output;;