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NAME

HTML::Entities::Numbered - Conversion of numbered HTML entities

SYNOPSIS

use HTML::Entities::Numbered;

$html = 'Hi Honey<b>&hearts;</b>';

# convert named HTML entities to numbered (decimal)
$decimal = name2decimal($html);    # Hi Honey<b>&#9829;</b>

# to numbered (hexadecimal)
$hex     = name2hex($html);        # Hi Honey<b>&#x2665;</b>

$content    = 'Copyright &#169; Larry Wall';

# convert numbered HTML entities (decimal) to named
$name1   = decimal2name($content); # Copyright &copy; Larry Wall

$content    = 'Copyright &#xA9; Larry Wall';
# convert numbered HTML entitites (hexadecimal) to named
$name2   = hex2name($content);     # Copyright &copy; Larry Wall

DESCRIPTION

HTML::Entities::Numbered is a subclass of HTML::Entities. It is a content conversion filter for named HTML entities (symbols, mathmetical symbols, Greek letters, Latin letters, etc.). When an argument of name2decimal() or name2hex() contains some nameable HTML entities, they will be replaced to numbered HTML entities. By the same token, when an argument of decimal2name() or hex2name() contains some nameable numbered HTML entities, they will be replaced to named HTML entities.

The entities hash table is imported from HTML::Entities. However, this module doesn't work correctly for earlier releases of Perl 5.7.0. If this module is used with the older, it will be exported extra hash table from HTML::Entities::Numbered::Extra for conversion correctness.

This bay be also useful for making XML (corrects the undefined entity references).

FUNCTIONS

Following all functions are exported by default.

  • name2decimal

    Some included named HTML entities in argument of name2decimal() will be replaced to decimal numbered HTML entities.

  • name2hex

    Some included named HTML entities in argument of name2decimal() will be replaced to hexadecimal numbered HTML entities.

  • decimal2name

    Some include decimal numbered HTML entities in argument of decimal2name() will be replaced to named HTML entities (If they're nameable).

  • hex2name

    Some include hexadecimal numbered HTML entities in argument of decimal2name() will be replaced to named HTML entities (If they're nameable).

If you'd prefer not to import them functions into the caller's namespace, you can call them as below:

use HTML::Entities::Numbered ();

$decimal = HTML::Entities::Numbered::name2decimal($str);
$hex     = HTML::Entities::Numbered::name2hex($str);
$named1  = HTML::Entities::Numbered::decimal2name($str);
$named2  = HTML::Entities::Numbered::hex2name($str);

AUTHOR

Koichi Taniguchi <taniguchi@livedoor.jp>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2004 Koichi Taniguchi. Japan. All rights reserved.

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

SEE ALSO

HTML::Entities, http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html