I have a question regarding the CGI module. I'd rather use the CGI functions to put all of my HTML together, But In this one case I can't figure out how to do it the way I want to. Take the following sample. 
   print table(
           Tr(
           [
              td(['First Name:', textfield(-name=>"first_name", -maxle
+ngth=>25, -size=>12),
                    'Last Name:' , textfield(-name=>"last_name", -maxl
+ength=>25, -size=>12)
                    ]),
              td({ -colspan=>2 },['Address:' , textarea(-name=>"addres
+s",        
                                        -rows=>10,
                                        -columns=>50)]),
           ]
           )
        );

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This creates a table with two rows. The fist row has four columns for two textboxes and two labels. I want the second row to have one column with a colspan of one and one column with a colspan of three. The docs don't specify a way to distribute atrributes among a group of td elements. I know how to give each td in the row a colspan of 2 as above, but how do I give two different colspans to the td elements? Is it possible when using the Tr([]) shortcut?

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