Pre-Processing new template and variables

I'm trying to get the INCLUDE_PATH in my template to include a perl 
variable.  Here's the code I'm trying to use:

>  my $tmplID="epic";
>     my $user_id=`id -u`;
>     if ($user_id = "1000"){my $tmplID = "markh";}
>
>     my $template = Template->new({
>     # where to find template files
>     INCLUDE_PATH => ['/home/'.$tmplID.'/work/epic.git/code/embmon-web/src', '/home/'.$tmplID.'/work/epic.git/code/embmon-web/lib'],

However, I'm not getting the value of $tmplID passed as my script is 
bombing.  I don't have any debug data yet, but I'm wondering if there is 
a better way to do this? Or ideas on how to fix it.

Thanks.



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