in reply to MT perl question

You're going to want to look at using some sort of templating system. I'd look at Template toolkit, but HTML::Template has a lot of adherents, as well. That will help separate out the display logic from the code logic.

Also, you're going to want to learn how to debug a problem. This sounds like you're learning programming along with this, which is great. Debugging is an artform all of its own. Enjoy!

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