I have a web form with a drop down menu which allows the user to select multiple items from a list. How do I parse the results? For example: 
    <select multiple size="5" name="genbank_info">
      <option value="genbank_none" selected>none</option>
      <option value="gi_number">gi number</option>
      <option value="protein_seq">protein sequence</option>
      <option value="dna_seq">DNA sequence</option>
      <option value="genbank">genbank file</option>
      <option value="locus_link">locus link</option>
    </select>

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If the user selects "gi_number" and "protein_seq", how do I do something with BOTH these values? I can only seem to get access to the last selected value at the moment because all I know how to do is something like 

if ($FORM{'genbank_info'} eq "gi_number"){
   $gi_number = "1234";
}

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but obviously a string can't equal 2 things at once.

Thanks!

In reply to multiple drop-down menus by Becky

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