Perl subroutine arguments like a hash

Question

How can I create a subroutine that can parse arguments like this:

&mySub(arg1 => 'value1', arg2 => 'value2' ...);

sub mySub() {
    # what do I need to do here to parse these arguments?
    # no arguments are required
}

Answer 1

Simply assign the input array to a hash:

sub my_sub {
    my %args = @_;
    # Work with the %args hash, e.g.
    print "arg1: ", $args{arg1};
}

If you want to provide default values, you can use:

sub my_sub {
    my %args = ( 'arg1' => 'default arg1',
                 'arg2' => 'default arg2',
                 @_ );
    # Work with the (possibly default) values in %args
}