Hub::Misc::Transform - Utility methods for transforming data

  use Hub qw(:standard);

 Usage: safestr STRING

Pack nogood characters into good ones. Good characters are letters, numbers, and the underscore.

Example: (matches)

    safestr( 'Dogs (Waters, Gilmour) 17:06' );




    Dogs_0x20__0x28_Waters_0x2c__0x20_Gilmour_0x29__0x20_17_0x3a_06

Safe strings back into ASCII characters

Example: (matches)

    Hub::unpack_safestr('Dogs_0x20__0x28_Waters_0x2c__0x20_Gilmour_0x29__0x20_17_0x3a_06');




    Dogs (Waters, Gilmour) 17:06

Non-alphanumeric ASCII characters to Numeric Character References.

 Usage: pack_ncr $string

Example: (matches)

    Hub::pack_ncr("This is a # of tests & bl/ah");




    This is a # of tests & bl/ah

Convert Numeric Character References into ASCII characters

 Usage: unpack_ncr $string

Example: (matches)

    Hub::unpack_ncr('This is a # of tests & bl/ah');




    This is a # of tests & bl/ah

 Usage: packcgi $string|\$string

Pack characters into those used for passing by the cgi.

 Usage: unpackcgi QUERY

Unpack cgi characters into a kv hashref

Format a string, replacing spaces with ' '

 Usage: nbspstr - $text

For example:

  nbspstr( "Hello <not html tags> world!" )

would return:

  "Hello&nbsp;<not html tags>&nbsp;World"

Format as one long string for use as the rval in javascript

 Usage: jsstr \$value
 Usage: jsstr $value

Populate template text with values

 Usage: populate $text|\$text, \%values [,\%values...] [option]

options:

  -as_ref=1               Return a reference

Example: (matches)

    populate('mu[#foo]m', { foo => 'shroo' });




    mushroom

Example: (matches)

    ref(populate('a[#b]c', { b => 'bee' }, '-as_ref=1'));




    SCALAR

Turn the given hash into an key="value" string.

 Usage: hashtoattrs \%hash, [\@ignore_keys]

When ignore_keys is provided, matching hash keys will not be converted.

Example: (matches)

  my $hash = {
    'class'   => "foodidly",
    'name'    => "bobsmith",
    'height'  => "5px",
    'junk'    => "ignore me",
  };
  hashtoattrs($hash, ['junk']);




    class=\"foodidly\" height=\"5px\" name=\"bobsmith\"

Ryan Gies (ryangies@livesite.net)

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08/02/2007