| Subject: | Geo-StreetAddress: Geo::StreetAddress::US->parse_address( $address_line ); |
| Date: | Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:44:51 -0500 |
| To: | bug-Geo-StreetAddress-US [...] rt.cpan.org |
| From: | Michael Martin <imikemartin [...] gmail.com> |
*Hello,*
On occasion I am getting the following error message:
*Can't use string ("") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use*
when using the function:
*my $address_ref = Geo::StreetAddress::US->parse_address( $address_line );*
This occurs when the address string is either of the two:
*"baywinds dr., west palm beach, Florida"*
or
*"753 West Boulevard. City, Chipley,florida,Florida"*
Both of the above addresses are malformed in one way or another. The first
is missing a street number and the second has the state specified twice.
The actual problem is that when I access the hash variable an error is
generated, causing the PERL application to fail, instead of a warning that I
can deal with programmatically.
Does the parse_address function return a undef of something when it
processes a malformed address? Is it capable of processing malformed
addresses without causing the application to fail?
Do you have any suggestions on how to best process malformed addresses?
Thank you,
Michael Martin
954.773.1191
Here is some system information:
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration:
Platform:
osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.00, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
uname=''
config_args='undef'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='cl', ccflags ='-nologo -GF -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32
-D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPRIVLIB_L
L_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX',
optimize='-MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1',
cppflags='-DWIN32'
ccversion='12.00.8804', gccversion='', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10
ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='__int64',
lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf
-libpath:"D:\Perl\lib\CORE" -machine:x86'
libpth=\lib
libs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib
comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib netapi
.lib version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib
perllibs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib
comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib ne
inmm.lib version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib
libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=perl510.lib
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug
-opt:ref,icf -libpath:"D:\Perl\lib\CORE" -machine:x86'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC USE_ITHREADS
USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_SITECUSTOMIZE
Locally applied patches:
ActivePerl Build 1002 [283697]
32809 Load 'loadable object' with non-default file extension
32728 64-bit fix for Time::Local
Built under MSWin32
Compiled at Jan 10 2008 11:00:53
@INC:
D:/Perl/site/lib
D:/Perl/lib