NAME
    Lingua::Boolean - comprehensively parse boolean response strings

VERSION
    version 0.003

SYNOPSIS
        use Lingua::Boolean;

        # Use functional/procedural interface
        print "Do it? ";
        chomp(my $response = <>);
        if ( boolean $response ) {   # YES, y, OK, 1...
            print "OK, doing it.\n";
        }
        else {                      # no, N, 0...
            print "OK, not doing it.\n";
        }

        # Once more, with feeling
        print "Fait-le? ";
        chomp($response = <>);
        if ( boolean $response, 'fr' ) {    # OUI
            print "OK, on le fait.\n";
        }
        else {                              # non
            print "OK, on ne le fait pas.\n";
        }

        # Or, use OO interface
        my $bool = Lingua::Boolean->new('en');
        print "Do it? ";
        chomp($response = <>);
        if ($bool->boolean($response)) {
            print "OK, doing it!\n";
        }
        else {
            print "OK, not doing it.\n";
        }

DESCRIPTION
    Does that string look like they said "true" or "false"? To know, you
    have to check a lot of things. "Lingua::Boolean" attempts to do that in
    a single module, and do so for multiple languages.

METHODS
    "Lingua::Boolean" provides both a functional/procedural and
    object-oriented interfaces. Everything described below is an object
    method, but can also be called as a function. "boolean()" is exported by
    default, and can be called that way - everything else requires the
    fully-qualified name.

        use Lingua::Boolean;
        my @languages = Lingua::Boolean::languages();
        print boolean('yes') . "\n"; # boolean is exported by default

  import
    Calling "import()" will, obviously, import subs into your namespace. By
    default, "Lingua::Boolean" imports the sub "boolean()". All other subs
    should be accessed with the object-oriented interface, or use the fully
    qualified name.

  new
    "new()" creates a new "Lingua::Boolean" object. You can optionally give
    it the code for the language you'll be working with, and only that
    language will be loaded. If you do so, you needn't pass the language to
    every call to "boolean()":

        use Lingua::Boolean qw();
        my $bool = Lingua::Boolean->new('fr');
        print ($bool->boolean('oui') ? "TRUE\n" : "FALSE\n");

    Otherwise, "boolean()" accept the language code as the second parameter:

        use Lingua::Boolean qw();
        my $bool = Lingua::Boolean->new();
        print ($bool->boolean('oui', 'fr') ? "TRUE\n" : "FALSE\n");

  boolean
    "boolean()" tries to determine if the string *looks* true or *looks*
    false, and returns true or false accordingly. If both tests fail, dies.
    By default, uses *en*; pass a language code as the second parameter to
    check another language. Croaks if the language is unknown to
    "Lingua::Boolean" (or the "Lingua::Boolean" object, if used as an object
    method).

        use Lingua::Boolean qw();
        my $bool = Lingua::Boolean->new();
        print ($bool->boolean('yes') ? "TRUE\n" : "FALSE\n");

    If you specify the language in the constructor, you needn't specify it
    in the call to "boolean()":

        use Lingua::Boolean qw();
        my $bool = Lingua::Boolean->new('fr');
        print ($bool->boolean('OUI') ? "TRUE\n" : "FALSE\n");

    This sub is exported by default, and can be used functionally:

        use Lingua::Boolean;
        print (boolean('yes') ? "TRUE\n" : "FALSE\n");

  languages
    "languages()" returns the list of languages that "Lingua::Boolean" knows
    about.

        use Lingua::Boolean;
        my @languages = Lingua::Boolean::languages(); # qw(English Français ...)

    When called as an object method, returns the languages that that object
    knows about:

        use Lingua::Boolean qw();
        my $bool = Lingua::Boolean->new('fr');
        my @languages = $bool->languages(); # qw(Français)

  langs
    "langs()" returns the list of language *codes* that "Lingua::Boolean"
    knows about.

        use Lingua::Boolean;
        my @lang_codes = Lingua::Boolean::langs(); # qw(en fr ...)

    When called as an object method, returns the languages that that object
    knows about:

        use Lingua::Boolean qw();
        my $bool = Lingua::Boolean->new('fr');
        my @lang_codes = $bool->langs(); # qw(fr)

EXPORTS
    By default, "Lingua::Boolean" exports "boolean()". All other methods
    must be fully qualified - or use the object-oriented interface.

AVAILABILITY
    The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive
    Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a
    CPAN site near you, or see
    <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Lingua-Boolean/>.

    The development version lives at
    <http://github.com/doherty/Lingua-Boolean> and may be cloned from
    <git://github.com/doherty/Lingua-Boolean>. Instead of sending patches,
    please fork this project using the standard git and github
    infrastructure.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
    No bugs have been reported.

    Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at
    <http://github.com/doherty/Lingua-Boolean/issues>.

AUTHOR
    Mike Doherty <doherty@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is Copyright (c) 2010 by Mike Doherty.

    This is free software, licensed under:

      The GNU General Public License, Version 3, June 2007