NAME

Math::Base36 - Encoding and decoding of base36 strings

SYNOPSIS

use Math::Base36 ':all';

$b36 = encode_base36( $number, $padlength );
$number = decode_base36( $b36 );

DESCRIPTION

This module converts to and from Base36 numbers (0..9 - A..Z)

It was created because of an article/challenge in "The Perl Review"

METHODS

encode_base36( $number, [$padlength] )

Accepts a unsigned int and returns a Base36 string representation of the number. optionally zero-padded to $padlength.

decode_base36( $b36 )

Accepts a base36 string and returns a Base10 string representation of the number.

AUTHOR

Rune Henssel <perl@henssel.dk>

MAINTAINER

Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2002 by Rune Henssel

Copyright 2007-2012 by Brian Cassidy

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