Locale::Script - standard codes for script identification

   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();

This module exists as both Locale::Codes::Script and Locale::Script (for historical reasons). The Locale::Script module will continue to work.

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.

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. It also includes additions to this set included in the IANA language registry.

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.

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::API man page.

Locale::Codes

The Locale-Codes distribution.

Locale::Codes::API

The list of functions supported by this module.

http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/

Home page for ISO 15924.

http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry

The IANA language subtag registry.

See Locale::Codes for full author history.

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

   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.