I'm having a really hard time figuring this one out. Every time I compile it says: Can't call method "name" on an undefined value at ./test.pl line 9. 
### test.pl ###
use Employee
my $person = Employee->new();
$person->name("bob");
$name = $person->name;
print "hello, ";
print $name;

### Employee.pm ###
package Employee;
use strict;
sub new {
    my $invocant = shift;    
    my $class    = ref($invocant) || $invocant; 
    my $self     = { };
    bless($self, $class);                        
    $self->{name}     = "unknown";    
    return $self;
}
sub name {
    my $self =  shift;
    if (@_) { $self->{name} = shift; }
    return  $self->{name};
}
1;

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In reply to Can't call method on an undefined value? by jashmenn

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