Mega Code Archive
Adding A Class Attribute
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package Person;
use warnings;
use strict;
use Carp;
my $Population = 0;
sub new {
my $class = shift;
my $self = {@_};
bless($self, $class);
$Population++;
return $self;
}
# Object accessor methods
sub address { $_[0]->{address }=$_[1] if defined $_[1]; $_[0]->{address } }
sub surname { $_[0]->{surname }=$_[1] if defined $_[1]; $_[0]->{surname } }
sub forename { $_[0]->{forename}=$_[1] if defined $_[1]; $_[0]->{forename} }
sub phone_no { $_[0]->{phone_no}=$_[1] if defined $_[1]; $_[0]->{phone_no} }
sub occupation {
$_[0]->{occupation}=$_[1] if defined $_[1]; $_[0]->{occupation}
}
# Class accessor methods
sub headcount { $Population }
1;
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Person;
print "In the beginning: ", Person->headcount, "\n";
my $object = Person->new (
surname => "G",
forename => "G",
address => "Apts.",
occupation => "tester"
);
print "Population now: ", Person->headcount, "\n";
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