I'm using LWP. I have a CSV file with 0 to 20+ usable fields per line. I have a Web page with a form. It has a multiple-select box with hundreds of options in it. As you might guess, the fields in the CSV file match options in the menu. So here's the problem: how do I send multiple entries for that menu?
$webpage = $browser->post($form_url, [ username => $username, widget => $widget{1}, # I need to repeat this line n times. created => '1126175051' ],Content_Type => 'form-data'));
I can brute-force it, and just manually copy & paste that line 100 times -- I don't think more than 100 widgets are ever selected, so it's a safe ceiling -- but I was hoping that there was something more elegant. For example, could I put an array on each side of the => operator and have it iterate automagically? Or something else?

In reply to Using LWP's "post" to send n fields into a form? by aboyd

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