Re: Loading $_ as checkbox value when $_ has double quotes in its value

I'm surprised nobody has suggested using CGI.pm. CGI does the work so you have more time to drink beer! In this case, as well as catching typos like the one dws points out, it also handles the quoting problem. I think this does what you want:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);

$_ = 'I am a "Perl" Monk';
my $post_number = 5;

print
    header,
    start_html,
    'Delete This Post?',
    checkbox(
        -name => 'box' . $post_number,
        -value => $_,
        -label =>'',
    ),
    '<p>',$_,hr,
    end_html;
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(You need the -label argument because the default is to print -name next to the box.)

Produces the following html (headers deleted for clarity) (although, of course, automatic header generation is part of the fun):

<head><title>Untitled Document</title></head><body>
Delete This Post?
<input type="checkbox" name="box5" value="I am a &quot;Perl&quot; Monk
+" />
<p>I am a "Perl" Monk<hr></body></html></hr>
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§ George Sherston

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Re: Re: Loading $_ as checkbox value when $_ has double quotes in its value by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Dec 04, 2001 at 22:01 UTC
Definitely. Reason #1551 to use CGI or die; You can also consider putting the `'Delete This Post?'` as the `-label` attribute for the checkbox. That's kind of what it's for.	[reply] [d/l] [select]