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dynamically populating a combo box through a text file

One way,

#! /usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use HTML::Template;

my $options_file = q{options.txt};
open my $fh, q{<}, $options_file
  or die qq{cant open *$options_file* to read: $!};

my @options = <$fh>;
chomp @options;

my @sel;
for my $option (@options){
  my ($value, $text) = split(q{ }, $option, 2);
  push @sel, {value => $value, text => $text};
}

my $t = HTML::Template->new(filename => q{template.html});
$t->param(loop => \@sel);
print $t->output;
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options.txt

Image   image
Fimage  fimage
other   other, please specify
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template.html

<!-- cut down version -->

<select name="Function1" id="f1">
<TMPL_LOOP loop>
  <option value="<TMPL_VAR value>"><TMPL_VAR text></option>
</TMPL_LOOP>
</select>
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In reply to Re: dynamic combo box by wfsp
in thread dynamic combo box by Appy16

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