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You have been greatly misinformed. Under strict HTML4,

You failed mention that the DOCTYPE decleration is required.
No, the <html> tag is optional.
No, the <head> tag is optional.
While the title element is required (and its start and end tags are required), browsers cope with its absence.
No, </head> tag is optional.
No, <body> tag is optional.

Of course, the OP gave no indication he was interested in issuing strict HTML4.

In reply to Re^2: Arrays with CGI perl help (More fundamental issues) by ikegami
in thread Arrays with CGI perl help by perlnewb123

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