Greetings.

Not understanding while you want to interpolate the entire sub, I would offer more ways to do it.
(1) 

# Trivial double loop - build, then print
my $aref=[]; #reference to anonymous array.
foreach $thing (@thingies) {
   push @{$aref},foo($thing);
}

print_table($aref);
#...
sub print_table {
    my $aryref=shift
    foreach my $thing (@{$aryref}) {
    #etc.
    }
}

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(2) 
#bypass cgi's html facilities
print '<table>';
 foreach $thing (@thingies){
       #foo returns an array of cell contents.
       print '<tr><td>',join('</td><td>',
             foo($thing)),'</td><tr>'; 
}
print '</table>';

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CGI's html convenience functions are - IMHO - just that, convenience (as opposed to the powerful parameter parsing, handling, etc. where CGI unreplaceably shines).
Sometimes rolling your own html can be just the thing.

Cheers,
alf

In reply to Re: Yet Another Stupid CGI Question by alien_life_form
in thread Yet Another Stupid CGI Question by chaoticset

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