you folks have been so kind...the original snippet was taken a bit out of context...if you feel so inclined here is the whole cgi script..pls free free to comment away...again..thanks all...u-r-great! #!/usr/bin/perl -w #Author: Hann So http://voyager.atc.fhda.edu/~hso #Translator require("cgi-lib.pl"); %hi = ( "english", "Hello", "french", "Bonjour", "spanish", "Hola" ); %how = ( "english", "How are you?", "french", "Comment allez vous?", "spanish", "Que tal?", ); #Read in the variables &ReadParse(*input); #Print the header print &PrintHeader; print &HtmlTop ("Translator"); print "<blockquote>\n$hi{$input{'language'}}, $input{'name'}. $how{$input{'language'}}?\n</blockquote>"; # idea taken from Josh in MacPerl if ($input{'variables'}) { print "<h3> The variables are: </h3> \n"; print &PrintVariables(%input); #Close the document. print &HtmlBot; } http://www.accesscom.com/~gcingo/gcingo/home.html http://www.accesscom.com/~gcingo/4db/4db1.html ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch