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On 8/3/01 1:18 AM, Rajeev Rumale wrote:
> Hello Every Body,
>
> I am have question redarding the form handling. Though I have a way to get
> around it, I would like to know if their is any staright forward way to do
> the same.
>
> Problems:
> I need to maintain a list of options and the user is allowed delete multiple
> options by checking the check boxes. Since the name of checkbox, where as
> the value changes for each check box.
>
> I am using CGI (&readparse) to parse the form inputs.
> If the selcect field name is "list" and I select (or check) 5 options having
> values "1", "2", "3", "4" and "5".
> what i get from hasd "in" is "12345";
> Since I all the values are ids and are interger values it is not possible to
> get the exact numbers being submitted.
>
>
> My solution:
> Since the values are appended at runtime via script. I am adding a "," after
> each value so the above values would become
> "1,","2,","3,","4," and "5,"
> Now what i get from the has "in" is "1,2,3,4,5,"
> I can now split the values and over comma and get the array
>
>
> I would like to kown if this is a write way to do are there is any better
> way to do it.
>
> with regards
>
> Rajeev Rumale
I believe CGI.pm lists values returned from lists as arrays. So as far as I
know, the following should work:
$input = new CGI;
@anArray = $input->param('listField'); #if your field is called listField
That should give you a list of values from the very start.
Hope that helps,
-Michael Kelly
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