% perl -MCGI -de '$q = new CGI "single=1&multi=1&multi=2";' -e '1;' Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.0402 Emacs support available. Enter h or `h h' for help. main::(-e:1): $q = new CGI "single=1&multi=1&multi=2"; DB<1> n main::(-e:2): 1; DB<1> $q->import_names('Q') DB<2> V Q $single = 1 @single = ( 0 1 ) $multi = 1 @multi = ( 0 1 1 2 ) DB<3>