String::Koremutake(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation String::Koremutake(3pm)NAME
String::Koremutake - Convert to/from Koremutake Memorable Random Strings
SYNOPSIS
use String::Koremutake;
my $k = String::Koremutake->new;
my $s = $k->integer_to_koremutake(65535); # botretre
my $i = $k->koremutake_to_integer('koremutake'); # 10610353957
DESCRIPTION
The String::Koremutake module converts to and from Koremutake Memorable Random Strings.
The term "Memorable Random String" was thought up by Sean B. Palmer as a name for those strings like dopynl, glargen, glonknic, spoopwid-
dle, and kebble etc. that don't have any conventional sense, but can be used as random identifiers, especially in URIs to keep them persis-
tent. See http://infomesh.net/2001/07/MeRS/
Koremutake is a MeRS algorithm which is used by Shorl (http://shorl.com/koremutake.php). As they explain: "It is, in plain language, a way
to express any large number as a sequence of syllables. The general idea is that word-sounding pieces of information are a lot easier to
remember than a sequence of digits."
INTERFACE
new()
The new() method is the constructor:
integer_to_koremutake($i)
The integer_to_koremutake method converts a positive integer to a Koremutake string:
my $s = $k->integer_to_koremutake(65535); # botretre
koremutake_to_integer($s)
The koremutake_to_integer method converts a Koremutake string to the integer it represents:
my $i = $k->koremutake_to_integer('koremutake'); # 10610353957
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-String-Koremutake@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.
AUTHOR
Leon Brocard "acme@astray.com"
LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2005, Leon Brocard "acme@astray.com". All rights reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.8.8 2006-03-18 String::Koremutake(3pm)
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SYNOPSIS
use IO::String;
$io = IO::String->new;
$io = IO::String->new($var);
tie *IO, 'IO::String';
# read data
<$io>;
$io->getline;
read($io, $buf, 100);
# write data
print $io "string
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$io->print(@data);
syswrite($io, $buf, 100);
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$io->setpos(0); # rewind
$io->seek(-30, -1);
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DESCRIPTION
The "IO::String" module provides the "IO::File" interface for in-core strings. An "IO::String" object can be attached to a string, and
makes it possible to use the normal file operations for reading or writing data, as well as for seeking to various locations of the string.
This is useful when you want to use a library module that only provides an interface to file handles on data that you have in a string
variable.
Note that perl-5.8 and better has built-in support for "in memory" files, which are set up by passing a reference instead of a filename to
the open() call. The reason for using this module is that it makes the code backwards compatible with older versions of Perl.
The "IO::String" module provides an interface compatible with "IO::File" as distributed with IO-1.20, but the following methods are not
available: new_from_fd, fdopen, format_write, format_page_number, format_lines_per_page, format_lines_left, format_name, format_top_name.
The following methods are specific to the "IO::String" class:
$io = IO::String->new
$io = IO::String->new( $string )
The constructor returns a newly-created "IO::String" object. It takes an optional argument, which is the string to read from or write
into. If no $string argument is given, then an internal buffer (initially empty) is allocated.
The "IO::String" object returned is tied to itself. This means that you can use most Perl I/O built-ins on it too: readline, <>, getc,
print, printf, syswrite, sysread, close.
$io->open
$io->open( $string )
Attaches an existing IO::String object to some other $string, or allocates a new internal buffer (if no argument is given). The posi-
tion is reset to 0.
$io->string_ref
Returns a reference to the string that is attached to the "IO::String" object. Most useful when you let the "IO::String" create an
internal buffer to write into.
$io->pad
$io->pad( $char )
Specifies the padding to use if the string is extended by either the seek() or truncate() methods. It is a single character and
defaults to "