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Encode::Symbol(3pm)                   Perl Programmers Reference Guide                   Encode::Symbol(3pm)



NAME
       Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings

SYNOPSIS
           use Encode qw/encode decode/;
           $symbol  = encode("symbol", $utf8); # loads Encode::Symbol implicitly
           $utf8 = decode("", $symbol);        # ditto

ABSTRACT
       This module implements symbol and dingbats encodings.  Encodings supported are as follows.

         Canonical   Alias             Description
         --------------------------------------------------------------------symbol -------------------------------------------------------------------symbol
         symbol
         dingbats
         AdobeZDingbat
         AdobeSymbol
         MacDingbats

DESCRIPTION
       To find out how to use this module in detail, see Encode.

SEE ALSO
       Encode



perl v5.10.0                                     2007-12-18                              Encode::Symbol(3pm)

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