I'm trying to use this URL

Define use...

Where it says $sku, that will change constantly via a database

Then you probably want to interact with the database in any way: use DBI

my @sku = ('CODE TO THE DATABASE')

Good try...

my %code = 'CODE TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM HERE'; ;-)

Aha, question updated with some real code, let's see...

looks like a work for a hash... my @sku = ('NUMBER') is not what you want probably; first of all because @ mean a list of elements, not a single number, and also because a %hash is much better here. If you define @sku as an array you could have by mistake the same number for two products (and this is a BIG problem), but a hash will not permit you to do this. The number $sku is the key (unique) and the catalog ref is the value.

so the first thing that you should try to fix is these two lines. 

my @sku = ('NUMBER');
for my $sku (@sku) {...

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Instead connect to the database and prepare something like: select field2 for mytable where field1 = ? and fill the gap with the correct number sku with execute($sku). Read the manual of DBI for the details

finally when you have your hash you could write something like this

https...partnumber=$sku...catalog_number=$hash{$sku}&inE=1&highlight...

In reply to Re: Script for a URL that constantly changes by pvaldes
in thread Script for a URL that constantly changes by semrich

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