I18N::Collate(3) Perl Programmers Reference GuideI18N::Collate(3)NAMEI18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the
current locale
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WARNING: starting from the Perl version 5.003_06
the I18N::Collate interface for comparing 8-bit scalar data
according to the current locale
HAS BEEN DEPRECATED
That is, please do not use it anymore for any new applications
and please migrate the old applications away from it because its
functionality was integrated into the Perl core language in the
release 5.003_06.
See the perllocale manual page for further information.
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SYNOPSIS
use I18N::Collate;
setlocale(LC_COLLATE, 'locale-of-your-choice');
$s1 = new I18N::Collate "scalar_data_1";
$s2 = new I18N::Collate "scalar_data_2";
DESCRIPTION
This module provides you with objects that will collate
according to your national character set, provided that
the POSIX setlocale() function is supported on your sys
tem.
You can compare $s1 and $s2 above with
$s1 le $s2
to extract the data itself, you'll need a dereference:
$$s1
This module uses POSIX:\fIs0:setlocale(). The basic colla
tion conversion is done by strxfrm() which terminates at
NUL characters being a decent C routine. collate_xfrm()
handles embedded NUL characters gracefully.
The available locales depend on your operating system; try
whether "locale -a" shows them or man pages for "locale"
or "nlsinfo" or the direct approach "ls /usr/lib/nls/loc"
or "ls /usr/lib/nls" or "ls /usr/lib/locale". Not all the
locales that your vendor supports are necessarily
installed: please consult your operating system's documen
tation and possibly your local system administration. The
locale names are probably something like
"xx_XX.(ISO)?8859-N" or "xx_XX.(ISO)?8859N", for example
"fr_CH.ISO8859-1" is the Swiss (CH) variant of French
(fr), ISO Latin (8859) 1 (-1) which is the Western Euro
pean character set.
2001-02-22 perl v5.6.1 I18N::Collate(3)
