Excerpts from Steve's message of Fri Feb 26 09:21:05 -0500 2010: > I have a class, 'UsageDetail' which takes a CSV phone call record and > inserts it into my database. One of the attributes, 'WirelessNumber' > has dashes in it, ie: '989-555-1212'. I don't want to store the dashes > in the db. I've rtfm over and over, but I haven't been successful in > storing without the dashes. I've tried subtypes, but that didn't work. > BTW, the values passed in to my constructor are not ONLY the 3-3-4 digit > format, sometimes the wireless number is 2 digits, and my WirelessNumber > attr. isa 'Str' currently. Also, I can't modify the value passed into > my constructor, as it is used for many different tables. Any > suggestions are greatly appreciated.
subtype 'WirelessNumber', as 'Str', where { /^\d{10}$/ or /^\d{2}$/ }; coerce 'WirelessNumber', from 'Str', via { s/-//g; $_ }; Alternately, subtype 'DashyWirelessNumber', as 'Str', where { /^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}$/ }; coerce 'WirelessNumber', from 'DashyWirelessNumber', via { s/-//g; $_ }; BTW, "I tried X but it didn't work" doesn't tell us very much, especially when X is a whole category of possible approaches. If you're more specific it's easier to help you. hdp.