## the test script use Report::testob; my $testo; $x=0; while($x<10){ undef $testo; $testo="ooof"; $testo=testob->new(); $testo->printblah(); $testo="yess"; $x++; } ##### # the "object" package testob; sub new { my $class=shift; my $self={@_}; bless($self,$class); return $self; } sub printblah{ my $self=shift; $blah++; $self->{blah}++; print "blah is $blah \n"; print "self blah is ".$self->{blah}."\n"; } 1; ##### # the output blah is 1 self blah is 1 blah is 2 self blah is 1 blah is 3 self blah is 1 blah is 4 self blah is 1 blah is 5 self blah is 1 blah is 6 self blah is 1 blah is 7 self blah is 1 blah is 8 self blah is 1 blah is 9 self blah is 1 blah is 10 self blah is 1