String-Escape - README

String::Escape

This module provides a flexible calling interface to some frequently-performed string conversion functions, including applying and expanding standard C/Unix-style backslash escapes like \n and \t, wrapping and removing double-quotes, and truncating to fit within a desired length.

The escape() function provides for dynamic selection of operations by using a package hash variable to map escape specification strings to the functions which implement them. The lookup imposes a bit of a performance penalty, but allows for some useful late-binding behaviour. Compound specifications (ex. 'quoted uppercase') are expanded to a list of functions to be applied in order. Other modules may also register their functions here for later general use.

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

        perl Makefile.PL
        make
        make test
        make install

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc String::Escape

You can also look for information at:

RT, CPAN's request tracker

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=String-Escape

AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation

http://annocpan.org/dist/String-Escape

CPAN Ratings

http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/String-Escape

Search CPAN

http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-Escape/

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.