HI again! Yes the sub weather is in the same file. here is the code again with your suggestion.

sub index
{
#&top_nav;
#&weather;
#$weatherData = &main;
$weatherData = &weather;
# $weatherData = weather();

&date;
#read in template page for INDEX.HTML#################################
+######
my $templateFileIndex="../htdocs/temp_test/index.html";
open(INFILE,"<$templateFileIndex");
my @templatePageIndex=<INFILE>;
close(INFILE);
#condense page array into one scalar variable
my $tIndex=join("",@templatePageIndex);

#search-and-replace variables
$tIndex=~s/%%INSERT DATE HERE%%/$liveDate/g;

#my $weatherData= &weather;

$tIndex=~s/%%WEATHER2%%/$test/g;
#tIndex=~s/%%INSERT NAV HERE%%/$navPage/g;
$tIndex=~s/%%WEATHER%%/$weatherData/g;
#done, output page to browser
#Now when this code reads the html file to do the replacements of the 
+variables the $weatherData prints the code from weather.cgi not the r
+esult of it, that's the problem.
print $tIndex;
exit
}
######################################################################
+######
sub weather
{
# read in footer template
$foot="cgi-bin/weather/weather.cgi";
open(MYFOOT,"<$foot");
@footerPage=<MYFOOT>;
close(MYFOOT);
#condense page array into one scalar variable
$weather=join("",@footerPage);
$test="test";
return $weather;
}
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