---
name: "HTML::Tidy::Message"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libhtml-tidy-perl"
version: "1.60-5+b6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/HTML::Tidy::Message"
---

# HTML::Tidy::Message(3pm)

Message object for the Tidy functionality

## NAME

HTML::Tidy::Message - Message object for the Tidy functionality

## SYNOPSIS

See HTML::Tidy for all the gory details.

## EXPORTS

None.  It's all object-based.

## METHODS

Almost everything is an accessor.

### new( $file, $line, $column, $text )

Create an object.  It's not very exciting.

### where()

Returns a formatted string that describes where in the file the error has occurred.

For example,

```
    (14:23)
```

for line 14, column 23.

The terrible thing about this function is that it's both a plain ol' formatting function as in

```
    my $str = where( 14, 23 );
```

AND it's an object method, as in:

```
    my $str = $error->where();
```

I don't know what I was thinking when I set it up this way, but it's bad practice.

### as\_string()

Returns a nicely-formatted string for printing out to stdout or some similar user thing.

### file()

Returns the filename of the error, as set by the caller.

### type()

Returns the type of the error.  This will either be `"TIDY_ERROR"`, or `"TIDY_WARNING"`.

### line()

Returns the line number of the error, or 0 if there isn't an applicable line number.

### column()

Returns the column number, or 0 if there isn't an applicable column number.

### text()

Returns the text of the message.  This does not include a type string, like "Info: ".

## COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2005-2017 Andy Lester.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License v2.0.

## AUTHOR

Andy Lester, `"<andy@petdance.com>"`