how do i store the value entered on a web page to a variable

[gemstone]

how can i accept 2 different values (one entered in the login box and the other in the password box) and store them in 2 variables, say $var1 and $var2. pls help
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[Nedals]

use strict; # always include this in your Perl scripts
use warnings;
use CGI; #a standard module used with .cgi scripts

my $q = CGI->new(); # creates a cgi object

my $username = $q->param('username');
my $password = $q->param('password');
# Where username and password are the names of your HTML <input> fields
# Don't use $var1 and $var2 as variable names. Use descriptive names