hai monks

i tried the following example to learn the class .
but it shows the following error.
Can't call method "name" on an undefined value at ClassWithPrg.pl line 17.
plz help me to rectify this error.
Source code


#!/usr/bin/perl -w
sub new()
{
        my $self={};
        $self->{FORM_VAR}=undef;
        bless($self);
        return $self->{FORM_VAR};
}
sub name()
{
   $self->{FORM_VAR}=shift;
   print "Using the constructor\n\n\n";
   return $self->{FORM_VAR};
}
                                                                      
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$obj=main->new();
$var=$obj->name("KALAI");
print "Here ::: $var\n";

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