NAME Encode::Simple - Encode and decode text, simply SYNOPSIS use Encode::Simple qw(encode decode encode_lax decode_lax); my $characters = decode 'cp1252', $bytes; my $characters = decode_lax 'UTF-8', $bytes; my $bytes = encode 'Shift_JIS', $characters; my $bytes = encode_lax 'ASCII', $characters; DESCRIPTION This module is a simple wrapper around Encode that presents "encode" and "decode" functions with straightforward behavior and error handling. See Encode::Supported for a list of supported encodings. FUNCTIONS All functions are exported by name, as well as via the tags :all, :strict, and :lax. By default, "encode" and "decode" are exported. encode my $bytes = encode $encoding, $characters; Encodes the input string of characters into a byte string using $encoding. Throws an exception if the input string contains characters that are not valid or possible to represent in $encoding. encode_lax my $bytes = encode_lax $encoding, $characters; Encodes the input string of characters as in "encode", but instead of throwing an exception on invalid input, any invalid characters are encoded as a substitution character (the substitution character used depends on the encoding). Note that some encoders do not respect this option and may throw an exception anyway, this notably includes Encode::Unicode (but not UTF-8). decode my $characters = decode $encoding, $bytes; Decodes the input byte string into a string of characters using $encoding. Throws an exception if the input bytes are not valid for $encoding. decode_lax my $characters = decode_lax $encoding, $bytes; Decodes the input byte string as in "decode", but instead of throwing an exception on invalid input, any malformed bytes will be decoded to the Unicode replacement character (U+FFFD). Note that some encoders do not respect this option and may throw an exception anyway, this notably includes Encode::Unicode (but not UTF-8). BUGS Report any issues on the public bugtracker. AUTHOR Dan Book <dbook@cpan.org> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 2018 by Dan Book. This is free software, licensed under: The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible) SEE ALSO Unicode::UTF8