my %hash = ( .1 => 'url1', .2 => 'url2', .5 => 'url5', .9 =>'url9' ); my $fitness = sub { $_ > .4 }; my @good_keys = find_good_keys( \%my_hash, $fitness ); #... sub find_good_keys { my ($hashr, $fitness) = @_; return map { $fitness->($_) keys %$hashr }