my $data = 'Some text in a variable defined before loading script files'; print start_html( -script => [ "var textToShow = '$data';\n", { -language => 'JAVASCRIPT', -text => "var textToShow = \"$data\";", }, { -language => 'JAVASCRIPT', -src => '/data/scripts/char_by_char.js' }, { -language => 'JAVASCRIPT', -src => '/data/scripts/orderlist.js' } ], -style => '/data/scripts/style.css', -title => 'Order Project!' ); __END__ Order Project!