I have an object Which 
sub new {
    my ($class)=@_;
    bless {
           _roundnum =>$_[1],
           _room     =>$_[2],
           _judge    =>$_[3],
           _type     =>$_[4],
           _code     =>$_[5],
           _contestants =>$_[6]
          },$class;
}
sub roundnum{
    my ($self, $roundnum)=@_;
    $self->{_roundnum}=$roundnum if defined $roundnum;
    return $self->{_roundnum};
}
################################

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Now when I write a simple testfile 
use round;
my $test=new round{roundnum=>1}
$testval=$test->roundnum;
print $testval

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I get a hash back... Can someone explain this to me. I feel like this oo thing is more slippery every time I try it.

20040328 Edit by Corion: Added formatting

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