Geo::Postcode 0.17

Geo::Postcode is a Perl module that will accept full or partial UK postcodes, validate them against the official spec, separate them into their significant parts, translate them into map references or co-ordinates and calculate distances between them.

It does not check whether the supplied postcode exists: only whether it is well-formed according to British Standard 7666, which you can find here:

 http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/gdsc/html/frames/PostCode.htm

Geo::Postcode will also work with partial codes, ie areas, districts and sectors. They won't validate, but you can test them for legitimacy with a call to valid_fragment, and you can still turn them into grid references.

To work with US zipcodes, you need Geo::Postalcode instead.

SYNOPSIS

 use Geo::Postcode;
 my $postcode = Geo::Postcode->new('SW1 1AA');

 return unless $postcode->valid;
 my ($n, $e) = ($postcode->gridn, $postcode->gride);

 # is the same as

 my ($n, $e) = $postcode->coordinates;

 # and alternative to
 
 my @location = ($postcode->lat, $postcode->long);
 
 # or the impatient can skip the construction step:
 
 my ($n, $e) = Geo::Postcode->coordinates('SW1 1AA');
 
 my $clean_postcode = Geo::Postcode->valid( $postcode );

 my ($unit, $sector, $district, $area) = Geo::Postcode->analyse('SW1 1AA');


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· Perl