So, something like:

my %functionTable = (
  'string_1' => sub {
   },
  'string_2' => sub {
   },
);

invocation via:

&$functionTable{'string_1'}(ARGLIST);

..is that what you had in mind?

-Mike

Barry Brevik wrote:
> I am running Active Perl 5.8.8 on Windows.
>  
> I'm coding an app right now where it would be advantageous to be able to
> look up a text string in an array (or hash) and be able to branch to a
> subroutine that is somehow associated with that string.
>  
> Am I dreaming, or is this possible?
>  
> Barry Brevik
>  
> 
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