#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Address; my $c = new Address; $c->address( [ '137 PR 1101', 'Sun Valley MHP - FM 205', 'FooHaHa, TX 76401' ] ); print $c->state; #### package MyBaseClass; use strict; use warnings; use vars '$AUTOLOAD'; # or: our '$AUTOLOAD'; sub new { my $this = shift; my $class = ref( $this ) || $this; return bless {}, $class; } sub AUTOLOAD { my $self = shift; if ( $AUTOLOAD =~ /::(.*)$/ ) { my $method = $1; if ( $method ne 'DESTROY') { return $self->{address}{$method} if exists $self->{address}{$method}; return undef; } } } 1; #### package Address; use strict; use warnings; use base 'MyBaseClass'; sub address { my $self = shift; return $self->{address} unless @_; #rip apart address @{ $self->{address} }{ qw(number street) } = split ' ', ( shift @{ $_[0] } ), 2; my $line = pop @{ $_[0] }; @{ $self->{address} }{ qw(city state zip) } = $line =~ /([^,]),\s*(\S+)\s*(\d+)/; $self->{address}{additional} = $_[0] if @{ $_[0] }; return $self->{address}; } 1;