use Test::More qw(no_plan); my $status = Status->new(); is ($status->status('good'), 'good'); is ($status->status('bad'), 'good'); package Status; sub new { my $package = shift; my $self = {}; bless $self, $package; } sub status { my $self = shift; my $status = shift; if ($status eq 'good') { return "good"; } else { return "bad"; } }