NAME Encode - character encodings SYNOPSIS use Encode; DESCRIPTION The "Encode" module provides the interfaces between Perl's strings and the rest of the system. Perl strings are sequences of characters. See "perldoc Encode" for the rest of the story INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires perl5.7.2 or later. QUESTIONS? If you have any questions "perldoc Encode" does not answer, please feel free to ask at perl-unicode@perl.org.