Is there any way I can use a function to create a variable and assign
a value to it? I have a Perl script that returns some LDAP
information:

sn=Shore
givenname=Mike
logintime=20041008153445Z
logindisabled=FALSE

Instead of parsing this text and assigning the values, I was wondering
if a function exists where I can pass a variable name and a value, and
the variable would be created.

ie. somefunc("sn", "Shore")

Would create the variable $sn and assign the value "Shore" to it.