Easiest way to do that is just use a hash mapping the whatever.gif|jpg to the text values. You use hashes in your program already so I guess you don't need an explanation of how to use them. :)

Note: untested code follows:

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

my %hashOfAnimals = (
"pets.gif"          => "Your Favorite Pet",
"afghanhd.jpg"      => "Big dogs",
"austter.jpg"       => "Little dogs",
"ragdoll2.jpg"      => "Cats",
"fish1.jpg"         => "Fresh water fish",
"gerbil.jpg"        => "Gerbils",
"morganhorse.jpg"   => "Horses",
"parrot.jpg"        => "Parrots",
"macaw.jpg"         => "Macaws",
"toucan.jpg"        => "Toucans",
"snap.jpg"          => "Turtles",
"iguana.jpg"        => "Iguanas",
"sinaloan.jpg"      => "Snakes"
);


#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 $hash
+OfAnimals{$in{'pet'}}.</p>
</body></html>
eohtml

#End of Program

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Updated: Forgot if key has . in it, key needs to be quoted. Doh!

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

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