Re^2: HTML::Template output to scalar or array

I tried this:

   my $template = HTML::Template->new(filename =>   $prepage,
                                                        die_on_bad_par
+ams => 0);                                        
         $template->param(Option_3 => $Option_3);
         $template->param(Option_4 => $Option_4);
         $template->param(Option_5 => $Option_5);
        $template->output();
   print "$template";
        exit;
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But it results in a blank screen. what have I misunderstood??

Thanks

Update: Doh! got it!

my $html = $template->output();
        print "$html";
        exit;
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Thanks all for your help...

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Re^3: HTML::Template output to scalar or array by dorko (Prior) on Oct 11, 2005 at 21:21 UTC
Or just: `print $template->output();` if you're not doing anything with `$html` other than printing it. But yup, you've got it! Cheers, Brent -- Yeah, I'm a Delt.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: HTML::Template output to scalar or array by GrandFather (Saint) on Oct 11, 2005 at 21:19 UTC
`$template` is an object. Unless it has an explicit stringification overload printing it is unlikely to do what you might hope for. Try `my $str = $template->output (); print $str;` instead. Perl is Huffman encoded by design.	[reply] [d/l] [select]