A version 0.17 ============== NAME ShiftJIS::String - functions to manipulate Shift_JIS encoded strings SYNOPSIS use ShiftJIS::String qw(substr index length); $str = 'プログラミング Perl'; $len = length(substr($str, 2 + index($str, 'ラミ'))); # $len == 7, length in characters of 'ング Perl'. # CORE::length can be used to get the length in bytes. DESCRIPTION This module provides some functions which emulate the corresponding CORE functions and will help someone to manipulate multiple-byte character sequences in Shift_JIS encoding. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install If you have a C compiler and want to use the XS version, type the following: perl Makefile.PL xs make make test make install If you decide to install the NoXS version after trying to build the XS, type the following: make clean perl Makefile.PL noxs make make test make install PREREQUISITES Perl 5.003 or later (Non-XS version). Perl 5.6 or later (XS version). COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright(C) 2001-2002, SADAHIRO Tomoyuki. Japan. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.