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use strict;
use warnings;
use HTML::Template;

my $template = HTML::Template->new (arrayref => [<DATA>]);
my @cities = ("Seattle", "Odense", "Venice", "Lewes", "Olso");

$template->param (SelectCity => [map {{City => $_}} @cities]);
print $template->output();

__DATA__
<html>
<head><title>Test Select</title>
<body>
<select>
    <TMPL_LOOP NAME="SelectCity"><option value="<TMPL_VAR NAME=City>">
+<TMPL_VAR NAME=City></option>
    </TMPL_LOOP>
</select>
</body>
</html>

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Prints:

<html>
<head><title>Test Select</title>
<body>
<select>
    <option value="Seattle">Seattle</option>
    <option value="Odense">Odense</option>
    <option value="Venice">Venice</option>
    <option value="Lewes">Lewes</option>
    <option value="Olso">Olso</option>
    
</select>
</body>
</html>

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BTW, I strongly recommend that you use strictures (use strict; use warnings;).

DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel

In reply to Re: Select form Hell! by GrandFather
in thread Select form Hell! by Anonymous Monk

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