Re: Invoke a method on an object

The easiest way is to do this:

$obj->$method(@args)
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But you can also call the code reference you got back from ->can:

my $method = $obj->can($method_name);

$method->( $obj, @args );
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As $method is not bound to $obj, you have to supply $obj as the first parameter.

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Re^2: Invoke a method on an object by thedi (Acolyte) on Jan 13, 2009 at 11:26 UTC
Thanks, thats all I need Best regards Thedi	[reply]
Re^2: Invoke a method on an object by pobocks (Chaplain) on Jan 13, 2009 at 15:32 UTC
Since I believe he is talking about $method being a string, wouldn't the first version need `no strict 'refs'`, and a leading ampersand? `for(split(" ","tsuJ rehtonA lreP rekcaH")){print reverse . " "}print "\b.\n";`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Invoke a method on an object by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 13, 2009 at 15:36 UTC
No: `perl -Mstrict -le "sub P::p{print 'p'};my $p=bless {},'P';my $m='p';$p +->$m;"` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Invoke a method on an object by pobocks (Chaplain) on Jan 13, 2009 at 15:38 UTC
I acknowledge that this works, and runs under "use strict"; but how is $m not a symbolic reference? I'm a little confused here. `for(split(" ","tsuJ rehtonA lreP rekcaH")){print reverse . " "}print "\b.\n";`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Invoke a method on an object by merlyn (Sage) on Jan 13, 2009 at 15:59 UTC
Re^6: Invoke a method on an object by pobocks (Chaplain) on Jan 13, 2009 at 16:00 UTC