Geo::TigerLine::Record::8--3pm

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NAME
       Geo::TigerLine::Record::8 - TIGER/Line 2003 Polygons Linked to Area
       Landmarks

SYNOPSIS
         use Geo::TigerLine::Record::8;

         @records = Geo::TigerLine::Record::8->parse_file($fh);
         @records = Geo::TigerLine::Record::8->parse_file($fh, \&callback);

         $record = Geo::TigerLine::Record::8->new(\%fields);

         $record->rt();
         $record->version();
         $record->file();
         $record->cenid();
         $record->polyid();
         $record->land();
         $record->filler();

DESCRIPTION
       This is a class representing record type 8 of the TIGER/Line 2003 cen-
       sus geographic database.  Each object is one record.  It also contains
       methods to parse TIGER/Line record type 8 files and turn them into
       objects.

       This is intended as an intermediate format between pulling the raw data
       out of the simplistic TIGER/Line data files into something more sophis-
       ticated (a process you should only have to do once).  As such, it's not
       very fast, but its careful, easy to use and performs some verifications
       on the data being read.

       As this class is autogenerated by mk_parsers, think before you modify
       this file.  It's OO, so consider sub-classing instead.

       Accessors

       These are simple get/set accessors for each field of a record generated
       from the TIGER/Line 2003 data dictionary.  They perform some data vali-
       dation.

       rt
               $data = $record->rt();
               $record->rt($data);

           Record Type.

           Expects alphanumeric data of no more than 1 characters.  $data can-
           not be blank and should be left justified.

       version
               $data = $record->version();
               $record->version($data);

           Version Number.

           Expects numeric data of no more than 4 characters.  $data cannot be
           blank and should be left justified.

       file
               $data = $record->file();
               $record->file($data);

           File Code.

           Expects numeric data of no more than 5 characters.  $data cannot be
           blank and should be left justified.

       cenid
               $data = $record->cenid();
               $record->cenid($data);

           Census File Identification Code.

           Expects alphanumeric data of no more than 5 characters.  $data can-
           not be blank and should be left justified.

       polyid
               $data = $record->polyid();
               $record->polyid($data);

           Polygon Identification Code.

           Expects numeric data of no more than 10 characters.  $data cannot
           be blank and should be right justified.

       land
               $data = $record->land();
               $record->land($data);

           Landmark Identification Number.

           Expects numeric data of no more than 10 characters.  $data cannot
           be blank and should be right justified.

       filler
               $data = $record->filler();
               $record->filler($data);

           Filler (to make even character count).

           Expects alphanumeric data of no more than 1 characters.  $data can
           be blank and should be left justified.

       Data dictionary

       This is the original TIGER/Line 2003 data dictionary from which this
       class was generated.

           Record Type 8 - Polygons Linked to Area Landmarks

           Field   BV  Fmt Type Beg End Len Description
           RT      No   L    A   1    1  1  Record Type
           VERSION No   L    N   2    5  4  Version Number
           FILE    No   L    N   6   10  5  File Code
           CENID   No   L    A  11   15  5  Census File Identification Code
           POLYID  No   R    N  16   25 10  Polygon Identification Code
           LAND    No   R    N  26   35 10  Landmark Identification Number
           FILLER  Yes  L    A  36   36  1  Filler (to make even character count)

AUTHOR
       Michael G Schwern <schwern AT pobox.com>

SEE ALSO
       Geo::TigerLine, mk_parsers



perl v5.8.7                       2004-05-11    Geo::TigerLine::Record::8(3pm)