$value1 = "a"; $value2 = "b"; $value3 = "c"; $value4 = "de"; $value5 = "f"; my $key = join("", $value1,$value2,$value3,$value4,$value5); print $key; $value3 = "cd"; $value4 = "e"; $key = join("", $value1,$value2,$value3,$value4,$value5); print $key;