in reply to Escaping an @ or a ^ in a format

Attempt with html tags, though you can see the source by viewing this html page and the previous post

#!/usr/bin/perl

%hash = qw(site.com 10 jamie@site.com:site1.com 4 user@hots:foo.bar 20);

eval print_url_info(\%hash,10,"STDOUT");
write;
exit 0;


sub print_url_info
{
	my ($url_data,
	    $num_urls,
	    $fh)=@_;

	
	my ($format)="",
	   ($header)="$num_urls Most Popular URLs :",
	   ($local_debug)=$debug,
	   ($index)=0;


	##############
	# Geneate a string to be eval'd containing the most popular x urls for this user


	$format = "format $fh =\n";
	$format = $format . "<!--- Start User Top URLS Section -->\n";

	$format = $format . "<font size=3><u>$header</u></font><br><br>\n";

	
	$format = $format . "<table border=0>\n	<tr>\n";
	$format = $format . "		<th align=left>URL</th>\n";
	$format = $format . "		<th width=10></th>\n";
	$format = $format . "		<th align=left>Num of Hits</th>\n	</tr>\n";


	##############
	# Print the urls in descending order

	$index=0;
	foreach (reverse 
		 sort { ${$url_data}{$a} <=> ${$url_data}{$b} } 
		 keys %{$url_data} )
	{
		$format = $format . "	<tr>\n";
		$format = $format . "		<td align=left>$_</td>\n";
		$format = $format . "		<td align=right> ${$url_data}{$_} </td>\n	</tr>\n";

		( ++$index == $num_urls ) && last;
	}

	$format = $format . "</table>\n<br>\n";

	$format = $format . "<!--- End User Top URLS Section -->\n";

	$format = $format . "\n.\n";

	return $format;

}