$ip = "";
        $port = "";
        $usr = "";
        $port = "";
        $status = "";
        $frequency = 0;

##</code><code>##

my ($ip,$port,$port,$status,$frequency);

##</code><code>##

        #string?       #number?  #add to string?  #concatenate to numbers?
 my $ip=""; my $freq = 0;        $ip++;          $freq.="still no data";