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I18N::Collate(3)
NAME
  I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale

SYNOPSIS
      use I18N::Collate;
      setlocale(LC_COLLATE, 'locale-of-your-choice');
      $s1 = new I18N::Collate "scalar_data_1";
      $s2 = new I18N::Collate "scalar_data_2";

DESCRIPTION
    ***

    WARNING: starting from the Perl version 5.003_06
    the I18N::Collate interface for comparing 8-bit scalar data
    according to the current locale

	  HAS BEEN DEPRECATED

    That is, please do not use it anymore for any new applications
    and please migrate the old applications away from it because its
    functionality was integrated into the Perl core language in the
    release 5.003_06.

    See the perllocale manual page for further information.

    ***

  This module provides you with objects that will collate according to your
  national character set, provided that the POSIX setlocale() function is
  supported on your system.

  You can compare $s1 and $s2 above with

      $s1 le $s2

  to extract the data itself, you'll need a dereference: $$s1

  This module uses POSIX::setlocale(). The basic collation conversion is done
  by strxfrm() which terminates at NUL characters being a decent C routine.
  collate_xfrm() handles embedded NUL characters gracefully.

  The available locales depend on your operating system; try whether "locale
  -a" shows them or man pages for "locale" or "nlsinfo" or the direct
  approach "ls /usr/lib/nls/loc" or "ls /usr/lib/nls" or "ls
  /usr/lib/locale".  Not all the locales that your vendor supports are
  necessarily installed: please consult your operating system's documentation
  and possibly your local system administration.  The locale names are
  probably something like "xx_XX.(ISO)?8859-N" or "xx_XX.(ISO)?8859N", for
  example "fr_CH.ISO8859-1" is the Swiss (CH) variant of French (fr), ISO
  Latin (8859) 1 (-1) which is the Western European character set.

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