\This code works

while ( $line = <$fh>) 
{
  ($store, $quarter, $quarteryear, $dcount, $date, $status) = chompspl
+it($line);  
    
  my $key = $quarter . "," . $quarteryear ;
  
  $count{$key}++;
}

###############################


New code example of what i am trying to do, yes passing string in subr
+outine

   $header = 'Total profit Submitted by Quarter';   
   $string = '$quarter . "," . $quarteryear'
   submain($header,$string);
   $header = 'Total loss Submitted by Quarter';   
   $string = $'quarter . "," . $quarteryear . "," $status'
   submain($header,$string);



trying to use the string 

sub submain ($head,$str)
{

my ($head,$str) = @_;

open my $fh, '<', $file or die "Could not open '$file' $!";
while ( $line = <$fh>) 
{   
  ($store, $quarter, $quarteryear, $dcount, $date, $status) = chompspl
+it($line); 
   my  $key = $str ; is this even possible, i remeber doing it in some
+ other language
      
 
  $count{$key}++;
    print $key;
return;
}

Thanks for the help
Michael

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