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.IX Title "Template::Plugin::Scalar 3pm"
.TH Template::Plugin::Scalar 3pm 2024-03-07 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Template::Plugin::Scalar \- call object methods in scalar context
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&    [% USE scalar %]
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\&    # TT2 calls object methods in array context by default
\&    [% object.method %]
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\&    # force it to use scalar context
\&    [% object.scalar.method %]
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\&    # also works with subroutine references
\&    [% scalar.my_sub_ref %]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The Template Toolkit calls user-defined subroutines and object methods
using Perl's array context by default.  This plugin module provides a way 
for you to call subroutines and methods in scalar context.
.SH AUTHOR
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Andy Wardley <abw@wardley.org> <http://wardley.org/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2008 Andy Wardley.  All Rights Reserved.
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This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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Template::Plugin