this works for input box. html values comes back after submit

my $q = new CGI;

my $firstname = $q->param('firstname');
my $lastname = $q->param('surname');

print qq|content-type: text/html\n\n|;

print qq|<form action="$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}" method="post">\n|;
print qq|<input name="firstname" type="text" value="$firstname"/><hr/>
+|;
print qq|<input name="surname"   type="text" value="$lastname"/><hr/>|
+;
print qq|<input type="submit" name="form_submit" value="go">|;
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is there a way to make it work also on select. coz tried it and never work

<form action="$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}" method="post">
<select name="cars" value="$perl_string">
  <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
  <option value="saab">Saab</option>
  <option value="fiat">Fiat</option>
  <option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>
</form>
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