Maybe you should try to get HTML::Template or another templating system (like Template or HTML::Template::Compiled) to work, instead of reimplementing it in part.

If you have a problem with the template system, tell us what it is ;)

If you insist on implementing it as you did, you can either use a counter or $. to determine the line number of the input file handle, and then test with if ($. % 2 == 0) if the number is even.

You could do something like: 

my $line = 1;
while (<data>){
    my $class = ($line % 2) == 0 ? "even" : "odd";
    print qq{\t\t\t<tr class="$class">};
    # rest of the loop here
   $line++;
}

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In reply to Re: creating HTML table by moritz
in thread creating HTML table by GertMT

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