Hello, I am trying to make it so that a user can choose which question they want to answer, and, using a textarea, answer that question. I'm having trouble figuring out how I can differentiate which question the user wants to answer. I've tried copying the html code for the textarea form into a variable, and then printing it foreach keys %hash, but I just wind up with syntax errors all over the place. My perl code takes each question in a separate .txt file and stores them into a hash in the form of question/answer pairs. If a question doesn't have an answer, the value is undef., I believe. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not asking for a direct answer, but rather some guidance from more experienced or insightful programmers. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks! Here is the most important code:

 my @qa_list = ($pagev->listFile($anslist), $pagev->listFile($unanslis
+t));
my %questions = map { split(/\t/, $_, 2) } @qa_list;
my $answer = $cgi->param('answer');

print STDERR "$_ => $questions{$_}\n" foreach %questions;

my $questionslist = join("<br>", @qa_list);
my $aselect = $cgi->param('select');

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Here is the assoicated HTML:

<html>
    <body>
        View and Answer Questions!<br>
        List of questions and answers:<br><br>
        ~questionslist~
        <br><br>
        Which question would you like to answer? (1, 2, etc.)
        <form action="/home/megaoff/www/viewquestions.dhtml" method="p
+ost">
            Question #:
            <input type="text" name="select"/>
            <input type="submit" value="submit"/>
            <br><br>

        <form action="/home/megaoff/www/viewquestions.dhtml" method="p
+ost">
            Add an Answer: <br>
            <textarea rows="1" cols="50" name="answer">
            Add an answer here
            </textarea>
            <input type="submit" value="submit"/>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

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It's a little scattered right now, mostly because I'm still experimenting with things. But I hope the gist is there: Suggestions for differentiating which question the user wants to answer.

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