use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; use Phrase; my $phr1 = Phrase->new(); $phr1->quantities("qty", 1); say $phr1->total_quant; $phr1->quantities("qtySum", 5); say $phr1->total_quant; $phr1->quantities("qtyCont", 8); say $phr1->total_quant; --output:-- 1 6 14 #### package Phrase; use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; sub new { my $self = {}; $self->{QUANTITIES} = {}; $self->{TOTAL_QUANT} = 0; bless($self); return $self; } sub total_quant { my $self = shift; return $self->{TOTAL_QUANT}; } sub quantities { my $self = shift; my $key = shift; if (@_) { my $quant = shift; $self->{QUANTITIES}->{$key} = $quant; $self->{TOTAL_QUANT} += $quant; } return $self->{QUANTITIES}->{$key}; } 1;