=head1 NAME Lingua::EN::AddressParse - routines for manipulating geographical addresses =head1 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; =head1 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. =head1 REQUIRES Perl, version 5.001 or higher Lingua::EN::NameParse and Parse::RecDescent =head1 HOW TO INSTALL perl Makefile.PL make make test make install =head1 BUGS =head1 CHANGES 0.01 28 Dec 1999: First Release =head1 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). =head1 AUTHOR AddressParse was written by Kim Ryan in 1999. =cut