I am trying to figure out how to get all the parameters from a form that is dynamically built based on data retrieved from the server. I cannot update perl (5.8) due to vendor limitations. The web page has a simple set of data that is read from a csv file and my script creates a webpage form that asks the professor to check which books they want to keep. The data is sent via a post method to a perl script that grabs the data, creates an email and sends it via blat. Pretty simple until I realized the following. The problem is some professors may have more than one book (maybe 50) on reserve. I looked at the Data:Dumper module and realized I could just increment the value/name for each row of data and check to see if it is undefined. Is this a decent way? I don't have access to an sql database to make this easier since it is used by the vendor and creating more tables could break something. Not a perl expert, but seeking the wisdom here and hope to steadily improve. Thanks in advance 
<input type="hidden" value="Doe, Jane" name="Professor">
<input type="hidden" value="0116411160645  " name="IDNum">
<input type="hidden" value="Perl for dummies" name="Title">
<input type="hidden" value="COIS 101 name="Course">
<input type="hidden" value="13" name="Charges">
<input type="hidden" value="09-12-2013" name="LastUsed">
<input type="hidden" value="11-27-2012  " name="Placed">
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" value="KEEP THIS ITEM" name="Status"></td>
<td>0116411164951  </td>
<td>PF 3112 .W5 2013         </td>
<td>Perl for dummies      </td>
<td>COIS101            </td>
<td>13          </td>
<td>09-12-2013</td>
<td>11-27-2012  </td>
</tr>
<input type="hidden" value="KEEP THIS ITEM"" name="Keep1">
<input type="hidden" value="Smith, Josh" name="Professor1">
<input type="hidden" value="0116411162016  " name="IDNum1">
<input type="hidden" value="Modern Perl" name="Title1">
<input type="hidden" value="COIS102" name="Course1">
<input type="hidden" value="999" name="Charges1">
<input type="hidden" value="09-12-2016" name="LastUsed1">
<input type="hidden" value="11-27-2016  " name="Placed1">
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" value="KEEP THIS ITEM" name="Status"></td>
<td>0116411162016  </td>
<td>Modern Perl   </td>
<td>COIS102</td>
<td>999 </td>
<td>09-12-2016</td>
<td>11-27-2016  </td>
</tr>

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