Thanks davido, great response.

Okay, "lengthy" reasons are this (I'm sorry I didn't do this before--after all, you ARE Perlmonks). I am using HTML::Template and validating user input from the form with is a .tmpl. If there are user errors, I'm using the associate feature to reprint the form, with values that were entered previously, and a list of errors. As far as I have been able to work it, the associate feature doesn't check previously checked buttons and boxes. So, I have to do it "manually." I'm using <tmpl_if type1>checked</tmpl_if>, etc. for all those 12 radio buttons. There is probably a more efficient way to do this and probably need to rethink this Rube Goldberg I have going.

Again, thanks for your answer.

Added moments later: I'm not use how the suggested hash method (davido, duff, bart) would work in this case, but I'm going to entertain it seriously.

—Brad
"A little yeast leavens the whole dough."

In reply to Re: Re: Variable from a variable: the dark side? by bradcathey
in thread Variable from a variable: the dark side? by bradcathey

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