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Math::Base36(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					 Math::Base36(3pm)

NAME
       Math::Base36 - Encoding and decoding of base36 strings

SYNOPSIS
	 use Math::Base36 ':all';

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

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 2007-2010 by Brian Cassidy

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

perl v5.10.1							    2010-12-06							 Math::Base36(3pm)