1Data::Binary(3)       User Contributed Perl Documentation      Data::Binary(3)
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NAME

6       Data::Binary - Simple detection of binary versus text in strings
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SYNOPSIS

9        use Data::Binary qw(is_text is_binary);
10        my $text = File::Slurp::read_file("test1.doc");
11        my $is_text = is_text($text); # equivalent to -T "test1.doc"
12        my $is_binary = is_binary($text); # equivalent to -B "test1.doc"
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DESCRIPTION

15       This simple module provides string equivalents to the -T / -B
16       operators. Since these only work on file names and file handles, this
17       module provides the same functions but on strings.
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19       Note that the actual implementation is currently different, basically
20       because the -T / -B functions are in C/XS, and this module is written
21       in pure Perl.  For now, anyway.
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FUNCTIONS

24   is_text($string)
25       Uses the same kind of heuristics in -T, but applies them to a string.
26       Returns true if the string is basically text.
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29       Uses the same kind of heuristics in -B, but applies them to a string.
30       Returns true if the string is basically binary.
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AUTHOR

33       Stuart Watt, stuart@morungos.com
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36       Copyright (c) 2014 Stuart Watt. All rights reserved.
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40perl v5.36.0                      2023-01-20                   Data::Binary(3)
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