use templates if you code CGI programs that make it into the wild

I couldn't agree more. However, why reinvent the wheel when modules such as Template Toolkit, HTML::Template or HTML::Mason already exist and are really powerful?

Here's a pop-up creation example with Template Toolkit:

[% FOREACH country in country_hash %]
<option value="[% country.key %]">[% country.value %]</option>
[% END %]

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If you think these modules have an unaffordable overhead, you may want to use the built-in CGI HTML construction functions. In your case, you could easily create a pop-up menu like this:

print $q->popup_menu('country_name', ['CA','NY','TN'], 'CA');

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<pedant mode="on">[a-zA-Z0123456789\_\:] can be reduced to [a-zA-Z0-9_:]<pedant mode="off">

<kbd>--
my $OeufMayo = new PerlMonger::Paris({http => 'paris.mongueurs.net'});</kbd>

In reply to Re: Meditations on templates by OeufMayo
in thread Meditations on templates by petethered

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