NAME
Geo::Address::Parser - Lightweight country-aware address parser from flat text
VERSION
Version 0.03
METHODS
SYNOPSIS
use Geo::Address::Parser;
my $parser = Geo::Address::Parser->new(country => 'US');
my $result = $parser->parse("Mastick Senior Center, 1525 Bay St, Alameda, CA");
DESCRIPTION
This module extracts address components from flat text input. It supports lightweight parsing for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, using country-specific regular expressions.
new(country => $code)
Creates a new parser for a specific country (US, UK, CA, AU, NZ).
FORMAL SPECIFICATION
[COUNTRY]
GeoAddressParserNew
====================
country? : COUNTRY
supported : ℙ COUNTRY
parser! : Parser
supported = {US, UK, CA, AU, NZ}
country? ∈ supported
parser! = parserFor(country?)
parse($text)
Parses a flat string and returns a hashref with the following fields:
name
street
city
region
country
FORMAL SPECIFICATION
[TEXT, COUNTRY, FIELD, VALUE]
GeoAddressParserState
======================
country : COUNTRY
parser : COUNTRY ↛ (TEXT ↛ FIELD ↛ VALUE)
GeoAddressParserParse
======================
ΔGeoAddressParserState
text? : TEXT
result! : FIELD ↛ VALUE
text? ≠ ∅
country ∈ dom parser
result! = (parser(country))(text?)
result!("country") = country
LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2025 Nigel Horne.
Usage is subject to licence terms.
The licence terms of this software are as follows:
Personal single user, single computer use: GPL2
All other users (including Commercial, Charity, Educational, Government) must apply in writing for a licence for use from Nigel Horne at the above e-mail.