I'm relatively new to perl. Wrote some scripts but would like to make them into a class/module. I'm having trouble, however. I've come up with a very simple example that I'm having trouble getting to work. So if a wise monk could tell me what I'm doing wrong, I'd be grateful. I'm using ActivePerl 5.6.1 on NT.
-----test.pl-------
use Cat;
$mycat = cat->new();
$mycat->feed("fish");
exit;
-----Cat.pm-------
package Cat;
use strict;
use warnings;
our $VERSION = '0.01';
our @ISA = ();
sub new
{
my $class = shift;
my $self = { Stomach => "empty" };
bless $self, $class;
return $self;
}
sub feed
{
my ( $self, $food ) = @_;
$self->{ Stomach } = $food if defined $food;
return $food;
}
1;
__END__
When I run test.pl, I get this error: Can't locate object method "new" via package "cat" (perhaps you forgot to load "cat"?) at test.pl line 3. I hope I'm just doing something stupid. Thanks all!