hello. i am brand new to Perl and trying to learn from the ground up. when it comes to OO - i am stuck in the java mindset. what i would like to do is create a House Object like such 
package House;

 sub new
{
     my $class = shift;
     my $self =    {
             id    => $_[0],
             name    => $_[1],
             detail    => $_[2],
                        

        };
     bless $self, $class;
     return $self;
 }

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then i would like to create a hash of new 
use House;
.
.
.
%houserooms = (
kitchen  =>  {
    House->new("1","kitchen","sleek and modern")
    }
den  =>  {
    House->new("2","den","board games and more")
    }
);
.
.
.
etc

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then when a user types a name of the houseroom it can then print the details so something like 
 my $roomcmd = <>;
#this def does not print and I am not sure why or how to make it print
+ the details
print $houserooms{$roomcmd}->{detail};

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i am trying to approach this from an OO standpoint. And my thought in hashing objects was that new rooms could be added quickly and this could be built upon by indicating which rooms connect to other rooms. thank you!

In reply to Use Objects as Hash Values? by cmikel

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