my %users = {"1" =>"none", "2" => "admin"...}; my %pwds = {"1" =>"admin", "2" => "foobar"...}; #### ... my $curpwd = "admin"; if (defined $pwds{$i}) { $curpwd = $pwds{$i}; } if ($users{$i} eq "none") { $session->login(Password => $curpwd); } else { $session->login(Name => 'admin', Password => $curpwd); }