i have the following code: 
#!d:\perl\bin\perl.exe -w
use strict;
use CGI qw(:all);
my $cgi = new CGI;

#Initialize phonebooks variables
my $name = param('name');
my $surename = param('surename');
my $phone = param('phone');
my $selfphone = param('selfphone');
my $address = param('address');
my $location = param('location');
my $email = param('email');

print $cgi -> header, 
start_html(-title=>"Previewing $name ${surename}! entry",             
+           -style=>{'src'=>'../htdocs/style.css'}).
                                             
 $cgi -> table ( #opening table
                    tr({-align=>CENTER,-valign=>TOP},
                    [    #TR
                    td(['Name', 'Surename','Phone'])
                    ] #TR
                    )
                ); #Closing table
    
 $cgi->end_html;

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and when im running the program i get the following error transliteration replacement not terminated at phbookad.pl line 23. the 23 line is ); #Closing table i cant figure out what the problem is. i have read the CGI.pm about tables but...

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