(By MARC.pm, I believe you mean the MARC::Record distribution of modules).
At 6:09 PM -0700 4/14/08, Migell Acosta wrote:
So, I need to do pattern matching, I think from the docs I'm
supposed to do it like this: if($phys_format->as_string() =~
/Paperback/ ). I think I need the "as_string" in order to do regular
expressions, yes?
However, what I get back from the interpreter is "Can't locate
object method 'as_string' via package Paperback (perhaps you forgot
to load Paperback)?"
According to the POD of MARC::Field, at "subfield(code)"
"When called in a scalar context returns the text from the first
subfield matching the subfield code."
So, in "my $phys_format = $field->subfield('c');", $phys_format
contains the text of subfield c, rather than a Perl object. Instead
of:
if($phys_format->as_string() =~ /Paperback/ ){
(which, according to the error, is the same as saying
"if(Paperback->as_string() =~ /Paperback/){")
This:
if($phys_format =~ /Paperback/ ){
should work.
The as_string method is used for entire MARC::Field objects (whole
fields, with optional filtering to include only some of the
subfields).
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I hope this helps,
Bryan Baldus
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