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.IX Title "Data::Binary 3pm"
.TH Data::Binary 3pm "2020-12-29" "perl v5.32.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Data::Binary \- Simple detection of binary versus text in strings
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\& use Data::Binary qw(is_text is_binary);
\& my $text = File::Slurp::read_file("test1.doc");
\& my $is_text = is_text($text); # equivalent to \-T "test1.doc"
\& my $is_binary = is_binary($text); # equivalent to \-B "test1.doc"
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This simple module provides string equivalents to the \-T / \-B operators. Since
these only work on file names and file handles, this module provides the same
functions but on strings.
.PP
Note that the actual implementation is currently different, basically because 
the \-T / \-B functions are in C/XS, and this module is written in pure Perl. 
For now, anyway.
.SH "FUNCTIONS"
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.SS "is_text($string)"
.IX Subsection "is_text($string)"
Uses the same kind of heuristics in \-T, but applies them to a string. Returns true
if the string is basically text.
.SS "is_binary($string)"
.IX Subsection "is_binary($string)"
Uses the same kind of heuristics in \-B, but applies them to a string. Returns true
if the string is basically binary.
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Stuart Watt, stuart@morungos.com
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright (c) 2014 Stuart Watt. All rights reserved.