README
1String::Multibyte.pm version 1.12
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4String::Multibyte - locale-independent manipulation
5of multibyte character strings
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7SYNOPSIS
8
9 use String::Multibyte
10 $sjis = String::Multibyte->new('ShiftJIS');
11 $sjis_length = $sjis->length($sjis_string);
12
13DESCRIPTION
14
15This module provides some functions which emulate
16the corresponding CORE:: functions
17to manipulate multiple-byte character strings.
18
19This module uses the object-oriented syntax to tell methods
20in which charset the specified strings should be handled.
21
22PREREQUISITES
23
24 Perl 5.003 or later
25(Perl 5.005 or later Recommended)
26
27* The following modules taking advantage of the Unicode Support
28(see <perlunicode>) are required Perl 5.8.0 or later.
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30 String::Multibyte::Grapheme
31 String::Multibyte::Unicode
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33INSTALLATION
34
35To install this module type the following:
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37 perl Makefile.PL
38 make
39 make test
40 make install
41
42Note: t/long.t does stress tests to cope with long strings.
43 If it takes long long time on your machine,
44 try again after removing it.
45
46COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
47
48SADAHIRO Tomoyuki <SADAHIRO@cpan.org>
49
50Copyright(C) 2001-2015, SADAHIRO Tomoyuki. Japan. All rights reserved.
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52This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
53modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
54