$VAR1 = 'stuff';
$VAR2 = '';
$VAR3 = 'stuff';
$VAR4 = '';
$VAR5 = '10';
$VAR6 = '';
$VAR7 = '-';
$VAR8 = '';


##</code><code>##

do
{
	$a_counter = 0;
	foreach my $x(@left_split)
    {
    	if($x eq '')
    	{
    		splice @left_split, $a_counter-1, 1;
    		$bool = 1;
    		last;
		}
	}
}