I am trying to create a popup menu in a CGI script with a default but I'm having difficulty with setting the default value. Here is my code: 
        @values = sort numerically keys %ProgramAreas;
        $default = $ProgramAreas{$ComponentAreas{$ComponentID}};
        print   '<TD ALIGN="right"><B>Program Area:</B></TD><TD ALIGN=
+"left">',
                popup_menu(     -name=> 'ComponentProgramArea',
                                -values=> \@values,
                                -defaults=> \$default,
                                -labels=> \%ProgramAreas),
                                         "</TD><BR><BR><BR>\n";

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ProgramAreas is a hash that is used in a few other places and I know that it contains useful and legal data.

$default gets assigned a real, legal value based on a print statement I threw in as a diagnostic. However, when the menu is displayed the default value is the first item in @values and not $default.

What obvious piece am I missing?

In reply to popup_menu default that isn't by spork

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