Re: How do I query the package name of an object?

You're looking for ref. It will tell you the package without that extra information that Corion mentions.

(Elementary ... perhaps. Dumb? No way.)

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Re^2: How do I query the package name of an object? by nobull (Friar) on Jan 31, 2005 at 08:04 UTC
Most of the time `ref()` will do but here is also `blessed()` in Scalar::Util that does there same as `ref()` for objects but returns `undef` for references to unblessed things. Condider also if you'd be better off using `UNIVERSAL::isa` which given an object and a package tells you if the object can be treated as being of the class defined by that package (including any subclasses).	[reply] [d/l] [select]