Perl blessed object to scalar

clintonm9 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a blessed object in perl. When i use data dumper i get something like this:

print Dumper $returnHash->{'Status'};
$VAR1 = bless( do{\(my $o = 62)}, 'FedexRateServiceTypes::Notification
+SeverityType' );
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if i just print this i get the following

print $returnHash->{'Status'};
Hello World
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Is there anyway to copy just the string text to a new scalar and not the bless?

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Re: Perl blessed object to scalar by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 28, 2011 at 04:05 UTC
The objects appears to overload stringification. Although there is rarely the need to do so, one can force stringification as follows: `my $status_str = "$returnHash->{Status}";` [download] `my $status_str = ''.$returnHash->{'Status'};` [download] It may have also have a method to do stringification. `my $status_str = $returnHash->{'Status'}->as_string();` [download] The name of the method, if any, is dependent on the implementation of the class.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Perl blessed object to scalar by clintonm9 (Sexton) on Mar 28, 2011 at 04:43 UTC
wow that was an easy fix! Thank you very much!	[reply]