String::Multibyte.pm version 0.06
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String::Multibyte - Perl module to manipulate multibyte character strings.

SYNOPSIS

  use String::Multibyte
  $sjis = String::Multibyte->new('ShiftJIS');
  $sjis_len = $sjis->length($sjis_str);

DESCRIPTION

This module provides some functions which emulate
the corresponding CORE functions
to manipulate multiple-byte character strings.

This module uses the OOP syntax to tell methods
in which charset the specified strings should be handled.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

PREREQUISITES

Perl 5.003 or later.

Carp, Exporter, strict, vars.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright(C) 2001, 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.