use IO::Prompt; my $answer = prompt 'Please select the most correct answer...', -1, -menu => [ 'Perl is an interpreted language', 'Perl is the Swiss Army Chainsaw', 'Perl rocks, dude!', 'All of the above', ]; print "You chose: [$answer]\n\n"; $answer = prompt 'Please select the most correct answer...', -1, -menu => { interpreted => 'Perl is an interpreted language', Swiss => 'Perl is the Swiss Army Chainsaw', Rocks => 'Perl rocks, dude!', all => 'All of the above', }; print "You chose: [$answer]\n\n";