Let me show you some of my code first ... 
sub new {

my $self = {};
$self->{BKG_IMAGE} = "image";
bless($self);           
return $self;        

}

sub bkg_img {

my $self = shift;
$self->{BKG_IMAGE} = $_[0];
      
 }

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Later in the *same* package I want to get the value of $self->{BKG_IMG} in another sub and print it to STDOUT. For example (this is bad code): 
sub print_html {
print <<"HTML";

$self->{BKG_IMAGE}

HTML
}

print_html();

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All the code is in the same package (not main). Here's the kicker: Within main, a user can set the value $self->{BKG_IMAGE} by doing: 
$p = new MyPackage;
$p->bkg_img("whatever");

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Whether or not, the value is set by the user before it's printed, I need to reference the current value of $self->{BKG_IMAGE} in that aforementioned sub (print_html). And it has to be the correct value! Note that the value is first set in new(). That's my problem and my question. Thanks.

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Update: This is not my real question. I am not deleting it as others might find it useful (and there are replies). I posted it too quickly, without thinking it through first. I hate when that happens!

This is my real question. Thank you to those who replied to this one.

In reply to Referencing an object's value by jacques

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