I'm having a bit of trouble with a module I'm trying to make. I know that it's reinventing the wheel, but I wan't to have just what I need, nothing more. So if you could, don't lecture me on that, or using CGI, just answer the question. :-) here's my module code:
package myModule;

sub new {
    my $this = {};
    bless $this;
    return 1;
}

sub start_table {
    my $color = shift;
    my $width = shift;
    my $height = shift;
    print "<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width='$width'"
+;
    if ($height) {
        print " height='$height'";
    } if ($color ne 'i') {
        print " color='$color'";
    }
    print "><tr><td>\n";
}
1;

[download]
Here's my script code:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use myModule;
my $sm = myModule->new;
$sm->start_table('#000000',250);

[download]
The error I get is "Can't call method "start_table" without a package or object refrence at pmtest.pl line 4." What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?

In reply to Can't Call method error by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.