Name
can
Synopsis
$sub
= $obj
->can(method
)
Checks if object $
obj
has a method
method
. If so, returns a reference to
the subroutine; otherwise, returns undef
. Can be called as a static or
object method call, or as a subroutine:
$ref = UNIVERSAL::can(val
,method
)
Returns a reference to the subroutine if
val
is a blessed reference with a
method method
, and undef
if val
is not blessed or does not have
method
.
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