Also if the file provides you with the names of each item being read in, you may want to use a hash. If so, you can do it like this: 

use strict;
use warnings;

my %hash;
while (my $line = <DATA>) {
    my ($key,$value) = $line =~ /^\s*(.+?)\s*=\s*([^\s]+?)\s*$/;
    $hash{$key}=$value;
}
foreach ( keys %hash ) {
    print $_, "=", $hash{$_}, "\n";
}

__DATA__
Test 1 = 10
Test 2 = 20
Test 3 = 30

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The preceding example strips leading and trailing whitespace from the keys and values stored in the file prior to inserting the key/value pairs into a hash for later use. The example breaks down if your keys or values actually contain '=' signs embedded within. I didn't use split because I wanted simpler control over the stripping of whitespace. The example also preserves whitespace if it occurs embedded within a key, but disallows it in the value. You could easily change that behavior.

Hope this helps...

Dave

"If I had my life to do over again, I'd be a plumber." -- Albert Einstein

In reply to Re: dynamically created variables by davido
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