Perhaps you could use CGI.pm's "sticky forms" feature. If you get CGI.pm to create the entire radio button code, it will by default remember the previous value. You can still pub your radio buttons wherever you please in the HTML page. Here's an example to illustrate: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);
use HTML::Template;

my $template = new HTML::Template (filehandle => \*DATA);
my @radio_btns = radio_group(-name=>'type', -value=>[ 1 .. 12 ]);

$template->param(type.($_ + 1) => $radio_btns[$_]) for (0 .. $#radio_b
+tns);

print $template->output;

__DATA__
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type1">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type2">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type3">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type4">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type5">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type6">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type7">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type8">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type9">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type10">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type11">
<TMPL_VAR NAME="type12">

[download]

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

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.