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Encode::Symbol (3)

Name

Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings

Synopsis

use Encode qw/encode decode/;
$symbol  = encode("symbol", $utf8); # loads Encode::Symbol implicitly
$utf8 = decode("", $symbol);        # ditto

Description

Perl Programmers Reference Guide                             Encode::Symbol(3)



NAME
       Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings

SYNOPSIS
           use Encode qw/encode decode/;
           $symbol  = encode("symbol", $utf8); # loads Encode::Symbol implicitly
           $utf8 = decode("", $symbol);        # ditto

ABSTRACT
       This module implements symbol and dingbats encodings.  Encodings
       supported are as follows.

         Canonical   Alias             Description
         --------------------------------------------------------------------
         symbol
         dingbats
         AdobeZDingbat
         AdobeSymbol
         MacDingbats

DESCRIPTION
       To find out how to use this module in detail, see Encode.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |   ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Availability   | runtime/perl-532      |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through volatile |
       +---------------+-----------------------+

SEE ALSO
       Encode



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This software was built from source available at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.32.0.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.perl.org/.



perl v5.32.0                      2020-06-14                 Encode::Symbol(3)