Re: Adding features to a CGI search engine

Dont't quite know what you want but here is a suggestion. To output HTML from a Perl script using HERE pages saves heaps of \" and print statements. Here is an example - note we can use them in assignment and also in printing. As shown strings interpolate within them. You can avoid interpolation by using single quotes ie <<'NO_INTERPOLATION':

my $title = "Hello World";

my $body = <<BODY;
<h1>Hello World</h1>
<table>
  <tr>
    <td>42</td>
  </tr>
</table>
BODY

print <<HTML;
<html>
<head>
  <title>$title</title>
</head>

<body>
$body
</body>
</html>
HTML
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Here pages are a lot more convenient for this sort of thing. You can use any string as the token but the closing token needs to be on a line by itself as shown with no leading or trailing whitespace.

Some people like using CGI.pm to output HTML and others prefer templates like HTML::Template. Raw prints are the least favoured option. A convenient thing with herepages or templates is you can cut and paste HTML from your favourite editor.

cheers

tachyon

s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print

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