NAME

Lingua::EN::AddressParse - routines for manipulating geographical addresses

SYNOPSIS

use Lingua::EN::AddressParse;

my %args = 
(
   auto_clean  => 1,
   force_case  => 1
);

my $address = new Lingua::EN::AddressParse(%args); 

$error = $address->parse("14A MAIN RD. ST JOHNS WOOD NSW 2000");

%my_address = $address->components;
$suburb = $my_address{suuburb};

$correct_casing = $address->case_all;

DESCRIPTION

This module takes as input a person or persons address in free format text such as,

12/3-5 AUBREY ST VERMONT VIC 3133
"OLD REGRET" WENTWORTH FALLS NSW 2782 AUSTRALIA
2A Low ST. KEW NSW 2123

and attempts to parse it. If successful, the address is broken down into components and useful functions can be performed such as :

converting upper or lower case values to name case (2 Low St. Kew NSW 2123 )
extracting the addresses individual components     (2,Low St.,KEW,NSW,2123 )
determining the type of format the address is in   ('suburban')

If the address cannot be parsed you have the option of cleaning the address of bad characters, or extracting any portion that was parsed and the portion that failed.

This module can be used for analysing and improving the quality of lists of addresses.

REQUIRES

Perl, version 5.001 or higher Lingua::EN::NameParse and Parse::RecDescent

HOW TO INSTALL

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

BUGS

CHANGES

0.01 28 Dec 1999: First Release

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1999 Kim Ryan. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Perl Artistic License (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html).

AUTHOR

AddressParse was written by Kim Ryan <kimaryan@ozemail.com.au> in 1999.