sub getWeekStr{ my ($week1,$week2,$week3,$week4)= @_; my $weekStr; for (my $x = 1;$x <= 4; $x++ ) { my $WEEK_PD = 'WEEK'.$x; my $stored_num = $_[$x-1]; my $WEEK_PD_NAME = 'WEEK'.$x."_PD"; $WEEK_PD_NAME = qq||; print $WEEK_PD_NAME; my $weekStr .= qq|$WEEK_PD_NAME |; } return $weekStr; }