in reply to Re^2: a perl code syntax help
in thread a perl code syntax help

Yes, we can. Like that (untested):
... my $trigger = 'onload'; $html .= <<END; ... <td bgcolor="#EEEEEE">@{[ $qry->popup_menu(-id=>'ID +', -name=>'PS', -size=>10, -values=>$array_ref, -labels=>$hash_ref, +-${trigger}=>"fetchData(id,'','','')") ]}</td> </tr> </table> END
The original code did already interpolate a list expression in the heredoc string (@{[ ... ]} was already present). So you just have to replace the fixed text part (onChange) in the above expression (...) with a string variable (here I used $trigger).