Okay. I guess I blew my explanation. Here are snippets of code from my HTML document and my CGI.

HTML Code

<p>.....Yada, Yada, Yada...
<select name="pet" size="1" onChange="showimage()">
<option selected value="pets.gif">Your Favorite Pet</option>
<option value="afghanhd.jpg">Big dogs</option>
<option value="austter.jpg">Little dogs</option>
<option value="ragdoll2.jpg">Cats</option>
<option value="fish1.jpg">Fresh water fish</option>
<option value="gerbil.jpg">Gerbils</option>
<option value="morganhorse.jpg">Horses</option>
<option value="parrot.jpg">Parrots</option>
<option value="macaw.jpg">Macaws</option>
<option value="toucan.jpg">Toucans</option>
<option value="snap.jpg">Turtles</option>
<option value="iguana.jpg">Iguanas</option>
<option value="sinaloan.jpg">Snakes</option>
</select>
</p>

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CGI Code

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
require "cgi-lib.pl";
&ReadParse;

#color.cgi
#Warn browser that HTML is coming
print &PrintHeader;

print <<"eohtml";
<html><head><title>Thanks for responding</title></head>
<body bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"><H1>Thank You</H1>
<p>What a coincidence, $in{'firstname'} $in{'lastname'}!!</p>
<p>My favorite color is $in{'color'} <strong>AND</strong> I Love $in{'
+pet'}.</p>
</body></html>
eohtml

#End of Program

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OUTPUT

Thank You

What a coincidence, Jack Gray!!
My favorite color is yellow AND I Love fish1.jpg.

Desired Output

Thank You

What a coincidence, Jack Gray!!
My favorite color is yellow AND I Love Fresh water fish.

I don't want the drop-down list box in my CGI output, only the description from the HTML option statement.

Again, thanks for all the great responses and I apologize for not fully explaining the assignment.

In reply to Re: Drop-down list Option Value by Happyjack
in thread Drop-down list Option Value by Happyjack

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