WWW:Mechanize Problem

SavagePerl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Im learning to use Mechanize, wrote a small program and am getting this error when compiled: Can't locate object method "form" via package "WWW::Mechanize" Here is the code....

use strict;

use WWW::Mechanize;
use HTML::TokeParser;


  my $agent = WWW::Mechanize->new();
  $agent->get("http://sample.com");
  $agent->form(3);
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and so on. But form(3) is where the problem is. Any suggestions? Running Perl on Komodo for Windows.

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Re: WWW:Mechanize Problem by kyle (Abbot) on May 24, 2008 at 01:07 UTC
According to Re: Can't find form method in WWW::Mechanize, you should use `form_name()` instead of `form()`. Super Search is your friend.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: WWW:Mechanize Problem by SavagePerl (Novice) on May 24, 2008 at 01:35 UTC
I think that is to specify a form by name, form() is supposed to be used to specify which form on the page. Here is the tutorial i am using http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/01/22/mechanize.html	[reply]
Re^3: WWW:Mechanize Problem by kyle (Abbot) on May 24, 2008 at 02:12 UTC
The tutorial you're using is over five years old. In the meantime, it appears that `form()` has become `form_number()`. Looking at the WWW::Mechanize documentation, I see no `form()` method listed, but `form_number()` does what you want.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: WWW:Mechanize Problem by almut (Canon) on May 24, 2008 at 02:11 UTC
`form()` was valid at the time the tutorial was written (2003) — in the meantime it's `form_name()` (name based) or `form_number()` (numeric index). The change was made to accommodate for the rare case that a form is named "3" (i.e. name, not index)...	[reply] [d/l] [select]