@cand_info = map {get_cand_info($query->param($_))} grep {/^c/} $query
+->param();
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This will find all CGI parameters which begin with the letter 'c', pass their values to your subroutine one-at-a-time, and result in @cand_info holding all return values from those subroutine calls.

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