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Ok to start off i would like to say IM NEW TO PERL. so dont laugh at my coding... 

#!/usr/bin/perl

#----------------------------------------------------------
#Umm in trying this, lets see if it works...<BR>
#Trying it, doubt it works..<BR>
#----------------------------------------------------------

my $in;
if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq "GET") {
    $in = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'};
} else {
    $in = <STDIN>;
}

@Texts = ("text1","text2","text3","text4","text5");

print <<ENDhdr;
print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html><HEAD><TITLE>Thing...</title></head>";
print "<body><H1>Thing</h1>";
print "<input type=text value=\"$Texts[0]\">\n";
print "<input type=text value=\"$Texts[1]\">\n";
print "<input type=text value=\"$Texts[2]\">\n";
print "<input type=text value=\"$Texts[3]\">\n";
print "<input type=text value=\"$Texts[4]\">\n";
print "<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"?alpha\">";
ENDhdr

sub alpha {

sort(@Texts)
@Texts = yay;
print "$yay";
}

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