my %edit = (); foreach my $key ( keys %ARGS ) { if ( $key =~ m/^edit_([^_]+)_(\d+)$/ ) { $edit{$2}->{$1} = $ARGS{$key}; } } # now %edit contains a hash of rows. In each row # is the type and name fields. e.g. # %edit = ( 1 => { name => 'John', type => 'student' }, # 2 => { name => 'Lisa', type => 'teacher' } # ); $m->out( "" ); foreach my $row ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %edit ) { if ( ! ( exists( $edit{$row}->{name} && exists( $edit{$row}->{type} ) ) { die( "Missing field for row $row" ); } $m->out( "" . "" ); } $m->out( "
" . $edit{$row}->{name} . " . $edit{$row}->{type} . "
" );