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.IX Title "charnames 3"
.TH charnames 3 "2002-11-24" "perl v5.8.0" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
.SH "NAME"
charnames \- define character names for \f(CW\*(C`\eN{named}\*(C'\fR string literal escapes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 2
\&  use charnames ':full';
\&  print "\eN{GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA} is called sigma.\en";
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 2
\&  use charnames ':short';
\&  print "\eN{greek:Sigma} is an upper-case sigma.\en";
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 2
\&  use charnames qw(cyrillic greek);
\&  print "\eN{sigma} is Greek sigma, and \eN{be} is Cyrillic b.\en";
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 2
\&  print charnames::viacode(0x1234); # prints "ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE SEE"
\&  printf "%04X", charnames::vianame("GOTHIC LETTER AHSA"); # prints "10330"
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Pragma \f(CW\*(C`use charnames\*(C'\fR supports arguments \f(CW\*(C`:full\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`:short\*(C'\fR and
script names.  If \f(CW\*(C`:full\*(C'\fR is present, for expansion of
\&\f(CW\*(C`\eN{CHARNAME}\*(C'\fR string \f(CW\*(C`CHARNAME\*(C'\fR is first looked in the list of
standard Unicode names of chars.  If \f(CW\*(C`:short\*(C'\fR is present, and
\&\f(CW\*(C`CHARNAME\*(C'\fR has the form \f(CW\*(C`SCRIPT:CNAME\*(C'\fR, then \f(CW\*(C`CNAME\*(C'\fR is looked up
as a letter in script \f(CW\*(C`SCRIPT\*(C'\fR.  If pragma \f(CW\*(C`use charnames\*(C'\fR is used
with script name arguments, then for \f(CW\*(C`\eN{CHARNAME}\*(C'\fR the name
\&\f(CW\*(C`CHARNAME\*(C'\fR is looked up as a letter in the given scripts (in the
specified order).
.PP
For lookup of \f(CW\*(C`CHARNAME\*(C'\fR inside a given script \f(CW\*(C`SCRIPTNAME\*(C'\fR
this pragma looks for the names
.PP
.Vb 3
\&  SCRIPTNAME CAPITAL LETTER CHARNAME
\&  SCRIPTNAME SMALL LETTER CHARNAME
\&  SCRIPTNAME LETTER CHARNAME
.Ve
.PP
in the table of standard Unicode names.  If \f(CW\*(C`CHARNAME\*(C'\fR is lowercase,
then the \f(CW\*(C`CAPITAL\*(C'\fR variant is ignored, otherwise the \f(CW\*(C`SMALL\*(C'\fR variant
is ignored.
.PP
Note that \f(CW\*(C`\eN{...}\*(C'\fR is compile\-time, it's a special form of string
constant used inside double-quoted strings: in other words, you cannot
use variables inside the \f(CW\*(C`\eN{...}\*(C'\fR.  If you want similar run-time
functionality, use \fIcharnames::vianame()\fR.
.PP
For the C0 and C1 control characters (U+0000..U+001F, U+0080..U+009F)
as of Unicode 3.1, there are no official Unicode names but you can use
instead the \s-1ISO\s0 6429 names (\s-1LINE\s0 \s-1FEED\s0, \s-1ESCAPE\s0, and so forth).  In
Unicode 3.2 (as of Perl 5.8) some naming changes take place \s-1ISO\s0 6429
has been updated, see \*(L"\s-1ALIASES\s0\*(R".  Also note that the U+UU80, U+0081,
U+0084, and U+0099 do not have names even in \s-1ISO\s0 6429.
.PP
Since the Unicode standard uses \*(L"U+HHHH\*(R", so can you: \*(L"\eN{U+263a}\*(R"
is the Unicode smiley face, or \*(L"\eN{\s-1WHITE\s0 \s-1SMILING\s0 \s-1FACE\s0}\*(R".
.SH "CUSTOM TRANSLATORS"
.IX Header "CUSTOM TRANSLATORS"
The mechanism of translation of \f(CW\*(C`\eN{...}\*(C'\fR escapes is general and not
hardwired into \fIcharnames.pm\fR.  A module can install custom
translations (inside the scope which \f(CW\*(C`use\*(C'\fRs the module) with the
following magic incantation:
.PP
.Vb 6
\&    use charnames ();           # for $charnames::hint_bits
\&    sub import {
\&        shift;
\&        $^H |= $charnames::hint_bits;
\&        $^H{charnames} = \e&translator;
\&    }
.Ve
.PP
Here \fItranslator()\fR is a subroutine which takes \f(CW\*(C`CHARNAME\*(C'\fR as an
argument, and returns text to insert into the string instead of the
\&\f(CW\*(C`\eN{CHARNAME}\*(C'\fR escape.  Since the text to insert should be different
in \f(CW\*(C`bytes\*(C'\fR mode and out of it, the function should check the current
state of \f(CW\*(C`bytes\*(C'\fR\-flag as in:
.PP
.Vb 9
\&    use bytes ();                       # for $bytes::hint_bits
\&    sub translator {
\&        if ($^H & $bytes::hint_bits) {
\&            return bytes_translator(@_);
\&        }
\&        else {
\&            return utf8_translator(@_);
\&        }
\&    }
.Ve
.SH "charnames::viacode(code)"
.IX Header "charnames::viacode(code)"
Returns the full name of the character indicated by the numeric code.
The example
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    print charnames::viacode(0x2722);
.Ve
.PP
prints \*(L"\s-1FOUR\s0 TEARDROP-SPOKED \s-1ASTERISK\s0\*(R".
.PP
Returns undef if no name is known for the code.
.PP
This works only for the standard names, and does not yet apply 
to custom translators.
.PP
Notice that the name returned for of U+FEFF is \*(L"\s-1ZERO\s0 \s-1WIDTH\s0 NO-BREAK
\&\s-1SPACE\s0\*(R", not \*(L"\s-1BYTE\s0 \s-1ORDER\s0 \s-1MARK\s0\*(R".
.SH "charnames::vianame(name)"
.IX Header "charnames::vianame(name)"
Returns the code point indicated by the name.
The example
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    printf "%04X", charnames::vianame("FOUR TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK");
.Ve
.PP
prints \*(L"2722\*(R".
.PP
Returns undef if the name is unknown.
.PP
This works only for the standard names, and does not yet apply 
to custom translators.
.SH "ALIASES"
.IX Header "ALIASES"
A few aliases have been defined for convenience: instead of having
to use the official names
.PP
.Vb 4
\&    LINE FEED (LF)
\&    FORM FEED (FF)
\&    CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)
\&    NEXT LINE (NEL)
.Ve
.PP
(yes, with parentheses) one can use
.PP
.Vb 8
\&    LINE FEED
\&    FORM FEED
\&    CARRIAGE RETURN
\&    NEXT LINE
\&    LF
\&    FF
\&    CR
\&    NEL
.Ve
.PP
One can also use
.PP
.Vb 2
\&    BYTE ORDER MARK
\&    BOM
.Ve
.PP
and
.PP
.Vb 2
\&    ZWNJ
\&    ZWJ
.Ve
.PP
for \s-1ZERO\s0 \s-1WIDTH\s0 NON-JOINER and \s-1ZERO\s0 \s-1WIDTH\s0 \s-1JOINER\s0.
.PP
For backward compatibility one can use the old names for
certain C0 and C1 controls
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    old                         new
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 8
\&    HORIZONTAL TABULATION       CHARACTER TABULATION
\&    VERTICAL TABULATION         LINE TABULATION
\&    FILE SEPARATOR              INFORMATION SEPARATOR FOUR
\&    GROUP SEPARATOR             INFORMATION SEPARATOR THREE
\&    RECORD SEPARATOR            INFORMATION SEPARATOR TWO
\&    UNIT SEPARATOR              INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE
\&    PARTIAL LINE DOWN           PARTIAL LINE FORWARD
\&    PARTIAL LINE UP             PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD
.Ve
.PP
but the old names in addition to giving the character
will also give a warning about being deprecated.
.SH "ILLEGAL CHARACTERS"
.IX Header "ILLEGAL CHARACTERS"
If you ask by name for a character that does not exist, a warning is
given and the Unicode \fIreplacement character\fR \*(L"\ex{\s-1FFFD\s0}\*(R" is returned.
.PP
If you ask by code for a character that does not exist, no warning is
given and \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR is returned.  (Though if you ask for a code point
past U+10FFFF you do get a warning.)
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
Since evaluation of the translation function happens in a middle of
compilation (of a string literal), the translation function should not
do any \f(CW\*(C`eval\*(C'\fRs or \f(CW\*(C`require\*(C'\fRs.  This restriction should be lifted in
a future version of Perl.