my @array = ('Froschpopo', 'Hallo Welt'); &funktion(\@array); sub funktion { my $args = shift; my $output = &weiter($args); my $name = $output->{NAME}->[0]; print "Hallo $name\n"; } sub weiter { my $args = shift; my %hash = (NAME => \$args->[0]); return \%hash; }