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#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use diagnostics;
use CGI qw(:standard);
my $Firstname = param('Firstname');

print header(), 
        start_html(-title=>"CGI.pm Example Script"), 
                                 h1('Hello World!'), 
                       'is the value of $Firstname', 
        end_html(); 

exit (0);
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Greetings cal,

In Perl, using a single quote simply reads a string literally, but a double quote interprets a string. In your code, you have single quotes around the string where you use $Firstname. So what gets printed is literally "$Firstname". You actually want Perl to interpret the variable, so...

print header(),
  start_html(
    -title => 'CGI.pm Example Script'), 
    h1('Hello World!'), 
    "is the value of $Firstname",
  end_html();
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-gryphon
code('Perl') || die;

Huh?

my $PERL_FAQ = "butterscoth";
print 'my $PERL_FAQ \n';
print "my $PERL_FAQ \n";
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