Encode::Guess

Encode::Guess

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• ABSTRACT
• DESCRIPTION
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• SEE ALSO

NAME

Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data

SYNOPSIS

# if you are sure $data won't contain anything bogus

use Encode;
use Encode::Guess qw/euc-jp shiftjis 7bit-jis/;
my $utf8 = decode("Guess", $data);
my $data = encode("Guess", $utf8);   # this doesn't work!

# more elaborate way
use Encode::Guess;
my $enc = guess_encoding($data, qw/euc-jp shiftjis 7bit-jis/);
ref($enc) or die "Can't guess: $enc"; # trap error this way
$utf8 = $enc->decode($data);
# or
$utf8 = decode($enc->name, $data)

ABSTRACT

Encode::Guess enables you to