NAME

       Locale::Script - standard codes for script identification

SYNOPSIS

          use Locale::Script;

          $script  = code2script('phnx');                     # 'Phoenician'
          $code    = script2code('Phoenician');               # 'Phnx'
          $code    = script2code('Phoenician',
                                 LOCALE_CODE_NUMERIC);        # 115

          @codes   = all_script_codes();
          @scripts = all_script_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Script" module provides access to standards codes used for identifying
       scripts, such as those defined in ISO 15924.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to
       use. If not specified, the default ISO 15924 four-letter codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying scripts. 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:

          $script = code2script('phnx','alpha');
          $script = code2script('phnx',LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha, LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA
           This is a set of four-letter (capitalized) codes from ISO 15924 such as 'Phnx' for
           Phoenician.  It also includes additions to this set included in the IANA language
           registry.

           The Zxxx, Zyyy, and Zzzz codes are not used.

           This is the default code set.

       num, LOCALE_SCRIPT_NUMERIC
           This is a set of three-digit numeric codes from ISO 15924 such as 115 for Phoenician.

ROUTINES

       code2script ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       script2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       script_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_script_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_script_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::rename_script  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::add_script  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::delete_script  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::add_script_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Script::delete_script_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Script::rename_script_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::add_script_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::delete_script_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.unicode.org/iso15924/
           Home page for ISO 15924.

       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) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
          Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
          Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Sullivan Beck

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