I do not have access to the code that creates these variables

E:\TEMP\test>type to_the_idiot_rmh_va.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl

$var1 = 'var1name/var1text';

$var2 = 'var2name/var2text';

$var3 = 'var3name/var3text';

$var4 = 'var4name/var1text';

$var5 = 'var5name/var1text';

$var6 = 'var6name/var1text';

$var7 = 'var7name/var7text';

$var8 = 'var8name/var8text';

print '<table>';

while ($i < 9) {
$temp = eval('$var'.$i);
@xr = split("/",$temp);
print '<tr><td>',$xr[0],'</td><td>',$xr[1],'';
$i++;
}

E:\TEMP\test>to_the_idiot_rmh_va.pl
<table><tr><td></td><td><tr><td>var1name</td><td>var1text<tr><td>var2name</td><t
d>var2text<tr><td>var3name</td><td>var3text<tr><td>var4name</td><td>var1text<tr>
<td>var5name</td><td>var1text<tr><td>var6name</td><td>var1text<tr><td>var7name</
td><td>var7text<tr><td>var8name</td><td>var8text

All, please disregard Fishmongers comments... He has made this entire process (tyring to get a solution on this forum) a nightmare... He obviously doesn't have the first clue what I'm looking for, and won't admit this...

(I assume Fishmonger is male because would be a bit of a sick name for a woman)

fishˇmonˇger
[fish-muhng-ger, -mong-]
noun Chiefly British .
a dealer in fish, especially for eating.