Hi Nandita I think you just want to concat no.s to ids probably this may help
$em = "nandita\@yahoo.com" ; ## " \ " to remove spcl meaning of @ $i = "001"; $emid = $em.$i; ########or###### $emid1 = "$em$i"; print " $emid or $emid1 "; ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nandita Shenvi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:17 PM Subject: problems with variables > > > hallo All, > > My problem, i will explain in terms of an example: > > I have variable $e-mail the value of the var is an e-mail address, now I > would like to to store the value of the variable under another name for > example email_id001 or email_id$i, where $i is just a interger. > > The problem may seem simple to many of u, but i do not have much experience > in perl and would be rather grateful for ur help. > > thanks > nandita > > Nandita Shenvi > Appartment Nr. 707 > Westhoffstr. 15 > 44791 Bochum > Germany > 0234/5844456 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]