$error_html = join "<br />\n",
               qq(<font size="2" face="verdana" color="#CCCCCC">)
                . qq(<b>Please fix the following errors:</font>) 
                . qq(<font size="1" face="verdana" color="#003471">),
               (grep { defined $_ } 
                  $error_msg_x,
                  $error_msg_xx,
                  $error_msg_xxx,
                  $error_msg_pw_xxx,
                  $error_msg_pw_x,
                  $error_msg_pw_xx,
                  $error_msg_terms,
                  $error_msg_email,
                  $error_msg_city,
                  $error_msg_state,
                  $error_msg_date,
                  $error_msg_zip
                ),
               "</b></font>\n"
              ;

##</code><code>##

push @errors,"<b>Password:</b> You must enter a value";