Template Toolkit and Array Refs in Form

aptom has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi All,
just started playing with Template Toolkit.
I cannot seem to put an array ref within a form field.
e.g.


in parent script

my @bob = qw( 1 9 3 4 5 );
my $vars = {
    cgi          => CGI->new(),
    array_ref    => \@bob
};

$tt->process('main_form.tt', $vars) || die $tt->error(), "\n";

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in template (main_form.tt)

[% cgi.scrolling_list({  name   => 'languages',
                         values =>  $array_ref }) %]
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the output contains no values for the option tags.
anyone nutted this one out?
Thanks, Ap

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Re: Template Toolkit and Array Refs in Form by almut (Canon) on Jul 16, 2010 at 07:38 UTC
`[% cgi.scrolling_list({ name => 'languages', values => $array_ref }) %] ^` [download] Just get rid of the sigil (dollar sign).	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Template Toolkit and Array Refs in Form by aptom (Novice) on Jul 18, 2010 at 23:07 UTC
Almut, it works: thanks a million!! you wouldn't believe the permutations and combinations I tried to get this working. and it was so straightforward. DOH!!!	[reply]