use warnings;
use strict;

use Test::More;

sub foo {
    my $linein = shift;
    my ($emailaddress, $hold1, $hold2, $hold3);

    my $nmbrvalues = 11;
    my $position1 = 0;
    my $position2 = 0;
    my $linelength = length($linein);
    for (my $cntr = 1; $cntr <= $nmbrvalues; $cntr++) {
      $position1 = $position2;
      $position1 = index($linein,'|',$position1);
      $position2 = index($linein,'|',$position1 + 1);
      my $fldlength = $position2 - ($position1+1);
      if ($cntr == 1) {$hold1 = substr($linein,$position1+1,$fldlength
+);}
      if ($cntr == 7) {$hold2 = substr($linein,$position1+1,$fldlength
+);}
      if ($cntr == 8) {$hold3 = substr($linein,$position1+1,$fldlength
+);} 
      if ($cntr == 9) {
        my $position3 = $position1+1;
        $position3 = index($linein,'@',$position3);
        if ($position3 > 0) {
          if ($position2 < 0) {$position2 = length($linein);}
          $fldlength = $position2 - ($position1+1);
          $emailaddress = substr($linein,$position1+1,$fldlength);
        } #end of IF
        if ($position3 <= 0) {$emailaddress = "mgrs\@server.com";}
      } #end of if
    } #end of FOR

    return ($emailaddress, $hold1, $hold2, $hold3);
}

is_deeply( [ foo("") ], [ "mgrs\@server.com", "", "", "" ] );

### add more tests, edge cases, use cases, spec expectations, etc.

done_testing();
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