my $fields;
    eval $_;
    die if $@;

    my ( $name, $location, $mapref, $type, $description ) = @$fields;

##</code><code>##

#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;

$Data::Dumper::Indent = 0;
$Data::Dumper::Useqq  = 1;
$Data::Dumper::Purity = 1;

my ($name, $location, $siteMapRef, $type, $description, $mapRef);

while (<DATA>)
{
    eval $_;
    die if $@;
    my $fields = [ $name, $location, $siteMapRef, $type, $description ];
    $_ = Data::Dumper->new( [ $fields ], [ 'fields' ] )->Dump();
    $_ .= "\n";
}
continue
{
    print $_;
}

__DATA__
$name="MyName";$location="MyLoc";$mapRef="MyRef";$type="MyType";$description="MyDesc";

##</code><code>##

$fields = ["MyName","MyLoc",undef,"MyType","MyDesc"];

##</code><code>##

use strict;
use warnings;