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NAME

Locale::Codes::LangVar - standard codes for language variation identification

SYNOPSIS

use Locale::Codes::LangVar;

$lvar = code2langvar('acm');                 # $lvar gets 'Mesopotamian Arabic'
$code = langvar2code('Mesopotamian Arabic'); # $code gets 'acm'

@codes   = all_langvar_codes();
@names   = all_langvar_names();

DESCRIPTION

The Locale::Codes::LangVar module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language variations, such as those as defined in the IANA language registry.

Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default IANA language registry codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language variations. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a constant that is automatically exported by this module.

For example, the two are equivalent:

$lvar = code2langvar('en','alpha-2');
$lvar = code2langvar('en',LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_2);

The codesets currently supported are:

alpha

This is the set of alphanumeric codes from the IANA language registry, such as 'arevela' for Eastern Armenian.

This code set is identified with the symbol LOCALE_LANGVAR_ALPHA.

This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

code2langvar ( CODE [,CODESET] )
langvar2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
langvar_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
all_langvar_codes ( [CODESET] )
all_langvar_names ( [CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangVar::rename_langvar ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangVar::add_langvar ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangVar::delete_langvar ( CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangVar::add_langvar_alias ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
Locale::Codes::LangVar::delete_langvar_alias ( NAME )
Locale::Codes::LangVar::rename_langvar_code ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangVar::add_langvar_code_alias ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangVar::delete_langvar_code_alias ( CODE [,CODESET] )

These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

Locale::Codes

The Locale-Codes distribution.

Locale::Codes::API

The list of functions supported by this module.

http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry

The IANA language subtag registry.

AUTHOR

See Locale::Codes for full author history.

Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Sullivan Beck

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.