use strict; my ($JAN,$FEB,$MAR,$APR,$MAY,$JUN,$JUL,$AUG,$SEP,$OCT,$NOV,$DEC)=0; print "JAN: $JAN\n"; print "DEC: $DEC\n"; #### JAN: 0 Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at P:\test379.pl line 7. DEC: