A bit late but here's a way with HTML::Template 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
use HTML::Template;

my %hash = (
  2 => ['pear', 'icky pineapple',],
  3 => ['apple', 'grape',],
  5 => ['orange',], 
);

my $char_loop;
for my $key (reverse sort keys %hash) {
  my $fruit_loop;
  my @fruits = @{$hash{$key}};
  for my $fruit (@fruits){
    push @{$fruit_loop}, {
      fruit => $fruit,
    };
  }
  push @{$char_loop}, {
    chars => $key,
    fruit_loop => $fruit_loop,
  }
}
#print Dumper $char_loop;

my $t = HTML::Template->new(
  filename => q|sulferic.html|,
) or die $!;

$t->param(
  char_loop => $char_loop,
);

print $t->output();

__DATA__
---------- Capture Output ----------
> "C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe" _new.pl
<html>
<head>
<title>HoA</title>
</head>
<body>
    <b>5</b><br>
      <a href="link.pl?=orange">orange</a>
    <b>3</b><br>
      <a href="link.pl?=apple">apple</a>
      <a href="link.pl?=grape">grape</a>
    <b>2</b><br>
      <a href="link.pl?=pear">pear</a>
      <a href="link.pl?=icky pineapple">icky pineapple</a>
</body>
</html>
> Terminated with exit code 0.

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The template: 
<html>
<head>
<title>HoA</title>
</head>
<body>

  <TMPL_LOOP NAME='char_loop'>
    <b><TMPL_VAR NAME='chars'></b><br>
    <TMPL_LOOP NAME = 'fruit_loop'>
      <a href="link.pl?=<TMPL_VAR NAME='fruit'>">
        <TMPL_VAR NAME='fruit'>
      </a>
    </TMPL_LOOP>
  </TMPL_LOOP>

</body>
</html>

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tested ;-)

In reply to Re: Custom HOA printing by wfsp
in thread Custom HOA printing by sulfericacid

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