In my attempt to use strict I get errors with unitialized variables .Here's the sample data:

testuser      Authentication-Type = Unix-PW
        User-Service = Framed-user,
        Ascend-Idle-Limit = 600,
        Framed-Protocol = PPP,
        Framed-Address = 222.222.222.222,
        Framed-Netmask = 255.255.255.255,
        Ascend-Route-IP = Route-IP-Yes,
        Ascend-Metric = 3


test2user        Password = "Testpassword"
        Framed-Protocol = PPP,
        Ascend-Idle-Limit = 600
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I just wanted to parse the file to get all the values.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
#
#####################################################################

use strict;

open (FILE,"<users.merit") or die ("users_merit nie ge-opend");


my ($login,$password,$user_service,$framed_protocol,$framed_address,$f
+ramed_netmask,$ascend_route_IP,$ascend_metric,$ascend_idle_limit);

while(<FILE>){
        next if /^#/;
        chomp;
        if($_ =~ /^\w/){
                m/(.*)(Password = |Authentication-Type = )(.*)/;
                ($login,$password) = ($1,$3);
                $login =~ s/\s+$//;
                $password =~ s/\"//g;
        }elsif($_ =~ /^\s/){
                if($_ =~ /(User-Service = )(.*)(,)/){
                        $user_service = $2;
                }
                if($_ =~ /(Framed-Protocol = )(.*)(,)/){
                        $framed_protocol = $2;
                }
                if($_ =~ /(Framed-Address = )(.*)(,)/){
                        $framed_address = $2;
                }
                if($_ =~ /(Framed-Netmask = )(.*)(,)/){
                        $framed_netmask = $2;
                }
                if($_ =~ /(Ascend-Route-IP = )(.*)(,)/){
                        $ascend_route_IP = $2;
                }
                if($_ =~ /(Ascend-Metric = )(.*)(,)/){
                        $ascend_metric = $2;
                }
                if($_ =~ /(Ascend-Idle-Limit = )(.*)(,)/){
                        $ascend_idle_limit = $2;
                }
        }
        print "$login:$password\n";
        print "$user_service\n";
        print "$framed_protocol\n";
        print "$framed_address\n";
        print "$framed_netmask\n";
        print "$ascend_route_IP\n";
        print "$ascend_metric\n";
        print "$ascend_idle_limit\n\n";
}

close FILE;
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I get always undefined values because I try to print out variables that haven't a value. Erm this is what I think is the problem.

error:Use of uninitialized value in string

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