[thelist] Perl program question

[Portman]

Thanks for the reply Mark. My brain is a little overwhelmed right now 
but I will look at this more closely later.

Riva

Mark Groen wrote:
> # Methinks you need to find out if this returns null:
> my $selectedState=$q->param('state');
> # then 
> else { something - see below }
> # before you do this
>  my $shippingCharge=$shipcost{$selectedState}*$1+5;
>  # Multiply total by percentage and add $5 for shipping
>  # my $grandTotal= ($shippingCharge*$1)+6;
>
> Hope that makes sense?
>
> Also,
> if ($selectedState eq '') then this part instead of being empty/false would be true and your calculation appears.
>
> Not too familiar with perl, maybe that helps some though...
>