Don't use variables, but an array or hash.
Would do something like:
while( <> ){
split;
splice @_, 0, 2; #removes first two elements
store_elements_function( @_ ); #sub to store the remainder
}
If you really want to name the items, use a hash. Define
the names first:
my @std_keys = qw/proto .../;
my @ext_keys = qw/name9 name10 name11/;
..
#and in loop:
my %hash;
if( @_ < 9 ){
@hash{@std_keys} = @_;
} else {
@hash{(@std_keys, @ext_keys)} = @_;
}
print "My proto is: ",$hash{'proto'},"\n";
...
Hope this helps. You can read up on it in
perldata.
Jeroen
"We are not alone"(FZ)
