HMTL::Template is very applicable for this. Here is a command line script that you can play with (i'll leave turning it into your CGI script as an exercise): 
use strict;
use HTML::Template;

my $data = do {local $/; <DATA>};
my $temp = HTML::Template->new(
   scalarref => \$data,
);

$temp->param(
   row => [
      { 'link' => 'foo' },
      { 'link' => 'bar' },
      { 'link' => 'baz' },
      { 'link' => 'qux' },
   ],
);

print $temp->output;

__DATA__
<table border="1">
<tmpl_loop row>
<tr>
<td><a href="<tmpl_var link>"><tmpl_var link></a></td>
</tr>
</tmpl_loop>
</table>

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I use the built-in DATA filehandle to avoid having to use a seperate template file, just save this code as foo.pl and run it.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) 3Re: Using list elements within lists contexts with the distributive properties of HTML shortcuts by jeffa
in thread Using list elements within lists contexts with the distributive properties of HTML shortcuts by Anonymous Monk

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