in reply to Initialize multiple variables in one statement

You can use a hash and populate it based on a list with map:

my %names = map { $_ => '' } qw(foo bar baz);

print "$names{$_}\n" for keys %names;

# access individually

print "$names{foo}\n";

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You can also use an array, but it'll only work if your variables are truly in a numbered order. Note that an array starts at zero and not one though. If your vars aren't literally ordered, use a hash instead.

my @names = ('') x 6;

# the following is wrong, pointed out in the reply by mr_ron
# my @names = '' x 6;

print "$_\n" for @names;

# access individually

print "$names[2]\n"; # prints 3rd element

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Re^2: Initialize multiple variables in one statement
by mr_ron (Deacon) on Nov 23, 2015 at 20:13 UTC

    I think the solution might be closer to:

    use strict;
use warnings;

my ($name1, $name2, $name3, $name4, $name5, $name6) = ('') x 6;

print "\n $name1, $name2, $name3, $name4, $name5, $name6\n\n";

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    Using '' x 6 in scalar context just concats the empty string six times yielding just an empty string. So:

    use strict;
use warnings;

my @names = '' x 6;
print "$names[2]\n";

__END__
Use of uninitialized value $names[2] in concatenation (.) or string at
+ ...

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    Ron
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      Nice catch! :)

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