No No No, listen to chromatic and the others. :) use CGI; It may be uncomfortable using modules, but it IS neccesary for two reasons: 1> no need to reinvent the wheel EVERYDAY for the rest of your life, and 2> you are not at a point where you will right BETTER code than in the modules. One of the most attractive features of the Perl universe is that there are always smarter people out there willing to "hook you up". (= but since I know you won't listen to what I just typed, this will be useful: 
$stringNEE=~s/%(..)/pack("c",hex($1))/ge;
$stringNEE=~s/+/ /g;

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In reply to Re: Passing Arguments With Perl/Cgi by justinNEE
in thread Passing Arguments With Perl/Cgi by Anonymous Monk

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