Unicode/Collate version 0.25 =============================== NAME Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm SYNOPSIS use Unicode::Collate; #construct $Collator = Unicode::Collate->new(%tailoring); #sort @sorted = $Collator->sort(@not_sorted); #compare $result = $Collator->cmp($a, $b); # returns 1, 0, or -1. $result = $Collator->eq($a, $b); # returns true/false (similarly ->ne, ->lt, ->le, ->gt, ->ge) INSTALLATION Perl 5.6.1 or later To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install To use this module, it is better to install a table file in the UCA format, by copying it into the lib/Unicode/Collate directory. The most preferable one is "The Default Unicode Collation Element Table", available from the Unicode consortium's website: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/allkeys.txt Though this distribution contains a subset of allkeys.txt, named "keys.txt", this one is intended only for doing a test of this module and practically useless for any other purpose. DEPENDENCIES The conformant collation requires Unicode::Normalize (v 0.10 or later) although Unicode::Collate can be used without Unicode::Normalize. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE SADAHIRO Tomoyuki http://homepage1.nifty.com/nomenclator/perl/ Copyright(C) 2001-2003, SADAHIRO Tomoyuki. Japan. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.