I use Mason for my websites, so I don't usually run into the issue of getting variables. However, I need to dynamically get my variables (so I don't have to initialize each one).

<form method="get" action="test_list.html">
<input type="hidden" name="LineItem" value="1" />
First Number: <input type="text" name="first-1" /><br />
Second: <input type="text" name="second-1" /><br />
Third: <input type="text" name="third-1" />
</p>

<p>
<input type="hidden" name="LineItem" value="2" />
First Number: <input type="text" name="first-2" /><br />
Second: <input type="text" name="second-2" /><br />
Third: <input type="text" name="third-2" />
</p>

<input type="submit" name="a" value="go">
</form>
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From a form like that I need to keep the components together that end in the same number so I can do something with it from the database. I found a mailing list post that suggested the following, but I kept getting an error from it:

foreach (values $ARGS{LineItem}) {
    $SQL->execute(
        $PONum,
        $ARGS{"first-${i}"},
        $ARGS{"second-${i}"},
        $ARGS{"third-${i}"}
    );
}
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I tried a few things but my main problem was getting the LineItem variable into an array (not an array of arrays). So it only gets one of the sets of variables.

my @lineitems = $ARGS{"LineItem"};
foreach my $line (@lineitems) {
print "line is @$line[0]";
print $ARGS{"first-@$line[0]"};
print $ARGS{"second-@$line[0]"};
print $ARGS{"third-@$line[0]"};

}
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I am guessing I am getting CLOSE, but I can't quite complete it without some help. Thanks!

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