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NAME

Lingua::EN::AddressParse - extract components of a street address from free format text

SYNOPSIS

    use Lingua::EN::AddressParse;

    my %args =
    (
      country     => 'US',
      auto_clean  => 1,
      force_case  => 1,
      abbreviate_subcountry => 0,
      abbreviated_subcountry_only => 0,
      force_post_code => 0
    );

    my $address = Lingua::EN::AddressParse->new(%args);
    $error = $address->parse("40 1/2 N OLD MASSACHUSETTS AVE APT 3B Washington Valley Washington 98100: HOLD MAIL");
       
    print $address->report;       
       
        Country address format  'US'
        Address type            'suburban'
        Non matching part       'HOLD MAIL '
        Error                   '1'
        Error descriptions      'non matching section : HOLD MAIL '
        Warning                 '1'
        Warning description     ''
        Case all                '40 1/2 N Old Massachusetts Ave Apt 3B Washington Valley WA 98100'
        COMPONENTS              ''
        base_street_name        'Old Massachusetts'
        post_code               '98100'
        property_identifier     '40 1/2'
        street_direction_prefix 'N'
        street_name             'N Old Massachusetts'
        street_type             'Ave'
        sub_property_identifier '3B'
        sub_property_type       'Apt'
        subcountry              'WA'
        suburb                  'Washington Valley'       

    %address_components = $address->components;
    print $address_components{sub_property_type};       # APT
    print $address_components{sub_property_identifier}; # 3B
    print $address_components{property_identifier};     # 40 1/2
   
    %address_properties = $address->properties;
    print $address_properties{type};            # suburban
    print $address_properties{non_matching};    # : HOLD MAIL

    $correct_casing = $address->case_all;


=head1 DESCRIPTION

This module takes as input a suburban, rural or postal address in free format
text such as,

    3080 28TH AVE N ST PETERSBURG, FL 33713-3810
    12 1st Avenue N Suite # 2 Somewhere CA 12345 USA
    C/O JOHN, KENNETH JR POA 744 WIND RIVER DR SYLVANIA, OH 43560-4317

    9 Church Street, Abertillery, Mid Glamorgan NP13 1DA
    27 Bury Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3QT

    2A LOW ST KEW NSW 2123
    12/3-5 AUBREY ST MOUNT VICTORIA VICTORIA 3133
    "OLD REGRET" WENTWORTH FALLS NSW 2782 AUSTRALIA
    GPO Box K318, HAYMARKET, NSW 2000

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

    converting upper or lower case values to title case (2A Low St Kew NSW 2123)
    extracting the addresses individual components      (2A,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 residential and postal addresses.


HOW TO INSTALL

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install
    
    or
    
    perl Build.PL
    build
    build test
    build install

AUTHOR

AddressParse was written by Kim Ryan <<kimryan at cpan d o t org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2016 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).