mojolicious template if statement

Andrew Morgan

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Mar 5, 2018, 10:51:23 PM3/5/18

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Hello All,

I have the below code, but the if statement is not functioning.No matter what my selection is in the browser it returns "you entered correct car <name of the car>"

Please assist.Thank you



use Mojolicious::Lite;


get '/' => sub {


my $self = shift;
$self->render('index');
};


post '/action' => sub{
my $c = shift;
$c->render('response', msg => $c->param('cars'));
};


app->start;


__DATA__


@@ index.html.ep


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>


<form method= "POST" action="/action">
  <select name="cars">
    <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
    <option value="saab">Saab</option>
    <option value="fiat">Fiat</option>
    <option value="audi">Audi</option>
  </select>
  <br><br>
  <input type="submit">
</form>


</body>
</html>


@@ response.html.ep


%if($msg == "fiat"){
You entered the correct car <%= $msg %>
%}else{
You did rubbish!! <%= $msg %>
%}

kitt

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Mar 5, 2018, 10:59:41 PM3/5/18

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Hi. Perl use 'eq' operator for string equal comparsion.

Right syntax is:

%if($msg eq "fiat"){

вторник, 6 марта 2018 г., 13:51:23 UTC+10 пользователь Andrew Morgan написал:

Andrew Morgan

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Mar 6, 2018, 5:34:44 PM3/6/18

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Argh..lol, thank you very much..rookie mistake.

Thank you

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