... everything is working most excellently. i have no clue how to thank you enough!

Hint, hint: the Offering Plate.

... is my coding awful? i've always wondered ... i can let you peek under the hood ... i'd really like some constructive input on it ...

As a registered user, you have a public scratchpad (see your personal node). You could post code there and solicit comments in the Chatterbox. The scratchpad is limited to 64K, but nobody is going to read anywhere near that much code (not for free, anyway), so don't go crazy. I would post code examples that are complete (or as complete as reasonably possible).

Update:

... hoped you folks might be willing to grade it without killing my itty bitty ego too much ...
I've seen the code you've posted in this thread. Constructive criticism, offered bluntly, can be pretty bruising. Please don't ask for something you aren't willing to receive.

Give a man a fish:  <%-{-{-{-<

In reply to Re^5: Perl Modules by AnomalousMonk
in thread Perl Modules by jamroll

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