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Thanks for the reply's.

I mention that the title() sub works as expected in other contexts. I should have made that more plain.

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Re^3: Unusual "Can't locate object method"
by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Nov 01, 2024 at 09:38 UTC
    Yes, and the title() method also works as expected in this context, which is why your output includes "title:Title Test".

    Your error is coming from the following line, where it calls track()->toCString() because, as others have stated, track() returns a plain integer, not an object, and plain integers don't have object methods. Because they're not objects.

    Change that line to say 'track', $file->tag()->track(); and it will do what you presumably want it to. (Namely, it will print "track0".)

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Re^3: Unusual "Can't locate object method"
by ysth (Canon) on Nov 01, 2024 at 04:50 UTC
    Right, the title call succeeds and the title is output. Then the track toCString call fails because track() returns an integer, not an object that you can call a method on.
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