perl : HTML:: Mason Print a perl hash inside HTML tags in a tabular format

sravs448 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am trying to send a html email (report) about the values in a hash. But I couldnt print the hash values in a table format. I am using HTML::Mason to execute my perl commands (looping through a hash) and printing it in the end of report. But how can I execute my perl code to loop through hash inside html ?

use HTML::Entities;
use Mail::Sendmail;
use MIME::Lite;
use Term::ANSIColor;
use Time::localtime;
use HTML::Mason;

my $ti = localtime;
my ($day,$month,$year)=($ti->mday,$ti->fullmonth,$ti->year);

 # DEFINE A HASH
%coins = ( "Quarter" , 25,
           "Dime" ,    10,
           "Nickel",    5 );

$html = <<END_HTML;
   <table border='1'>
   <th>Keys</th><th>Values</th>

   <%perl>
       while (($key, $value) = each(%coins)){
   </%perl>
     <tr><td>$key</td>;
     <td>$value</td></tr>;
   <%perl>
  }
  </%perl>
  </table>;

 END_HTML

  $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
    from => 'abc@mydomain.com',
     To      =>'def@mydomain.com',
     Subject =>'Report',
     Type    =>'multipart/related'
);
$msg->attach(
    Type => 'text/html',
    Data => qq{
        <body>
        <html>$html</html>
        </body>
    },
);
 $msg->attach(
     Type => 'image/gif',
     Id   => 'banner.jpg',
     Path => 'C:\Users\Pictures\banner.jpg',
 );
MIME::Lite -> send ('smtp','xxxs.xxxx.xxxxx.com' );
$msg -> send;
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Re: perl : Print a perl hash inside HTML tags in a tabular format by kennethk (Abbot) on Sep 19, 2014 at 17:17 UTC
The problem is that you never actually hand your HTML to HTML::Mason to process - you are just attaching a string literal. While I've never tried to use Mason like this, Using Mason from a standalone script in HTML::Mason::Interp gives this example: `my $outbuf; my $interp = new HTML::Mason::Interp (comp_root=>'<component root> +', data_dir=>'<data directory>', out_method=>\$outbuf); my $retval = $interp->exec('<component path>', <args>...); open(F,">mason.out"); print F $outbuf; close(F); print "return value of component was: $retval\n";` [download] so you'll want to include some similar processing on your `$html` variable. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: perl : Print a perl hash inside HTML tags in a tabular format by choroba (Cardinal) on Sep 19, 2014 at 16:11 UTC
Crossposted at StackOverflow. It is considered polite to inform about crossposting, so people not attending both sites don't waste their time hacking a problem already solved at the other end of the Internet wires. لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]
Re^2: perl : Print a perl hash inside HTML tags in a tabular format by sravs448 (Acolyte) on Sep 19, 2014 at 16:14 UTC
I will make sure to mention it next time. But I didnt get the solution yet. Please let me know if you can solve this issue? Thanks	[reply]
Re: perl : Print a perl hash inside HTML tags in a tabular format by zentara (Cardinal) on Sep 19, 2014 at 16:07 UTC
But my perl code is not getting executed. What code is that? And what error messages do you recieve? I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply]
Re^2: perl : Print a perl hash inside HTML tags in a tabular format by sravs448 (Acolyte) on Sep 19, 2014 at 16:12 UTC
I am trying to print a hash values in tabular format (HTML)and send it in a email. But how can I execute my perl code to loop through hash inside html ?	[reply]