#!/usr/local/bin/perl5_8 use strict; use Exporter; use myVars; #this would be my own myVars.pm use CGI; use CGI ':standard'; use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); my $CGI = CGI->new; $|=1; print $CGI->header; my ($one, $two .... $twenty-five); #call my variables that are always the same &call_variables; #do other stuff using these called-in variables #without having to declare "my $one" and "my $two" again $fred = $one . $two; #or some such silliness