NAME

    Encode::Simple - Encode and decode text, simply

SYNOPSIS

      use Encode::Simple qw(encode decode encode_lax decode_lax);
      my $characters = decode 'cp1252', $bytes;
      my $characters = decode_lax 'UTF-8', $bytes;
      my $bytes = encode 'shiftjis', $characters;
      my $bytes = encode_lax 'ascii', $characters;

DESCRIPTION

    This module is a simple wrapper around Encode that presents "encode"
    and "decode" functions with straightforward behavior and error
    handling. See Encode::Supported for a list of supported encodings.

FUNCTIONS

    All functions are exported by name, as well as via the tags :all,
    :strict, and :lax. By default, "encode" and "decode" are exported.

 encode

      my $bytes = encode $encoding, $characters;

    Encodes the input string of characters into a byte string using
    $encoding. Throws an exception if the input string contains characters
    that are not valid or possible to represent in $encoding.

 encode_lax

      my $bytes = encode_lax $encoding, $characters;

    Encodes the input string of characters as in "encode", but instead of
    throwing an exception on invalid input, any invalid characters are
    encoded as a substitution character (the substitution character used
    depends on the encoding).

 decode

      my $characters = decode $encoding, $bytes;

    Decodes the input byte string into a string of characters using
    $encoding. Throws an exception if the input bytes are not valid for
    $encoding.

 decode_lax

      my $characters = decode_lax $encoding, $bytes;

    Decodes the input byte string as in "decode", but instead of throwing
    an exception on invalid input, any malformed bytes will be decoded to
    the Unicode replacement character (U+FFFD).

BUGS

    Report any issues on the public bugtracker.

AUTHOR

    Dan Book <dbook@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

    This software is Copyright (c) 2018 by Dan Book.

    This is free software, licensed under:

      The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

SEE ALSO

    Unicode::UTF8

