Locale::Script(3)

NAME
Locale::Script - standard codes for script identification

SYNOPSIS
   use Locale::Script;

   $script  = code2script('phnx');                     # 'Phoenician'
   $code    = script2code('Phoenician');               # 'Phnx'
   $code    = script2code('Phoenician',
                          LOCALE_CODE_NUMERIC);        # 115

   @codes   = all_script_codes();
   @scripts = all_script_names();

DESCRIPTION
The "Locale::Script" module provides access to standards codes used for identifying scripts, such as those defined in ISO 15924.

Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 15924 four-letter codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS
There are several different code sets you can use for identifying scripts. The ones currently supported are:

alpha
    This is a set of four-letter (capitalized) codes from ISO 15924 such as 'Phnx' for Phoenician.

    This code set is identified with the symbol "LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA".

    The Zxxx, Zyyy, and Zzzz codes are not used.

    This is the default code set.

numeric
    This is a set of three-digit numeric codes from ISO 15924 such as 115 for Phoenician.

    This code set is identified with the symbol "LOCALE_SCRIPT_NUMERIC".

ROUTINES

code2script ( CODE [,CODESET] )
script2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
script_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
all_script_codes ( [CODESET] )
all_script_names ( [CODESET] )
Locale::Script::rename_script  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Script::add_script  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Script::delete_script  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Script::add_script_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
Locale::Script::delete_script_alias  ( NAME )
Locale::Script::rename_script_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Script::add_script_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Script::delete_script_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
    These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes man page.

SEE ALSO

Locale::Codes
Locale::Constants
http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/
    Home page for ISO 15924.

AUTHOR
See Locale::Codes for full author history.

Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT
   Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
   Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
   Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Sullivan Beck

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.