use strict; use warnings; my $system = 'something'; my %vlan; # --- Lines Omitted --- my $vl_number = 1; while( ) { chomp; $vlan{ 'VLAN' . $vl_number++ } = $_; } # --- Lines Omitted --- while( my ( $key, $value ) = each %vlan ) { print "Now checking: $system\_$key $value\n"; }