Hey there.

You could do it like this.

If your check is just about noticing that the zip code is 5 chars, use length:

unless ( length $f_zip == 5 )
        {
        
           $f_zip_error = "<font color=\"red\">Zip code cannot be blan
+k and must be 5 digits in length.</font><BR>\n";
       $p_Terrors = $p_Terrors + 1;
    }
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For the state part, in drop-down cases I always do it like this:

- The first option is null like:
<option value="null">Select the state</option> - So your code change into this:

if ($f_state eq "null")
    {
       $f_state_error = "<font color=\"red\">State may not be blank.</
+font><BR>\n";
       $p_Terrors = $p_Terrors + 1;                                   
+    
        }                                                   
...
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Hint: Since it's a drop-down box, it will always return a value, so you can't use something like:

if (! defined $f_state)
{
...
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or

if ($f_state eq "")
{
...
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Hope it helps.

my ($author_nickname, $author_email) = ("DaWolf","erabbott\@terra.com.br") if ($author_name eq "Er Galvão Abbott");