HTML::Template <TMPL

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

EDIT: I just noticed the typo in my TMPL_ELSE block, and now it's working... I think I either need more sleep or more caffeine.

I'm having trouble getting HTML::Template's blocks to function -- it seems like my template is just skipping that code entirely.

  <TMPL_LOOP NAME=DATA>
    <TMPL_VAR NAME=complete><br>
    <TMPL_IF NAME="complete">
                    <!-- Some HTML here -->
    <TMPLE_ELSE>
        <!-- Some other HTML here -->
    </TMPL_IF>
  </TMPL_LOOP>
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The <TMPL_VAR> line is displaying the expected values, but nothing in the block below it is showing up whatsoever. The data structure I'm passing in to the template is:

    $VAR1 = [
      {
        'code' => 26,
        'message' => 'Start building sensors for Jarvis',
        'complete' => 0
      },
      {
        'code' => 33,
        'message' => 'Machine learning to determine if actions are app
+ropriate or not',
        'complete' => 0
      },
      {
        'code' => 37,
        'message' => 'Play by genre audioserv method',
        'complete' => 0
      }
    ];
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Any help is greatly appreciated -- I've been banging my head against it for the last hour.

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Re: HTML::Template <TMPL_IF> blocks by ww (Archbishop) on Aug 03, 2012 at 07:47 UTC
Perhaps more sleep would help; perhaps caffeine... but the teddy bear effect¹ (previously cited by Corion) or the teddy bear technique² is also a well-regarded cure.	[reply]
Re^2: HTML::Template <TMPL_IF> blocks by Anonymous Monk on Aug 03, 2012 at 08:30 UTC
Perhaps more sleep would help; perhaps caffeine... Or perhaps warnings/lint for templates	[reply]
Re: HTML::Template <TMPL_IF> blocks by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Aug 03, 2012 at 13:45 UTC
I started to quip, “better to use a better templating system!” But of course you can’t realistically do that. An “XML Lint” tool is certainly a good tool to have handy, because tpyos always come in piars. The “teddy bear technique” quote, linked-to in the above comment, says in part: Talk your problems out with a silent but sympathetic listener and the answers will often spring full blown (or nearly so) as if from (someone’s) forehead. Neglecting to further mention that a good slap on the aforesaid forehead ... Doh!!™ ... also is known to be very beneficial in such cases. (Go ahead... click the hyperlink... enjoy.)