Forcing Order of interpolation?

[Nicholas Albright <albrnick@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu>]

  I was wondering if there was a way of forcing the order of
interpolation?  Basically, I'm trying to create a fairly dynamic form,
where the user can enter the number of 'items', and the form will adjust
to that number of items.  Here is my perl script on that page:

-----Begin Code-----
[perl interpolate=1]
my($string);

$string = "";
$string .= "<FORM ACTION=\"[process-target]\" METHOD=\"POST\">\n";
$string .= "<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=mv_doit VALUE=refresh>\n";
$string .= "<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=mv_todo VALUE=refresh>\n";
$string .= "<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=mv_orderpage VALUE=\"thispage\">\n";
$string .= "Number: ";
$string .= "<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=num_items VALUE=[value num_items]>\n";

my($item);

for $item (1..[value num_items]) {
  $string .= "<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=name_$item ";
  $string .= "VALUE=\"[value name_$item]\" SIZE=20>\n";
}

$string .= "</FORM>\n";

return ($string);
[/perl]
-----End Code-----

  My problem occurs in the loop.  I need "$item" to be evaluated before
[value name_$item].

  Any ideas?  Or is this not possible, and I need to find another way?
(Such as running a separate CGI script)

  Thanks for your time!
   -Nick

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