NAME

       Text::CSV::Unicode -     comma-separated values manipulation routines                with potentially
       wide character data

SYNOPSIS

           use Text::CSV::Unicode;

           $csv = Text::CSV::Unicode->new();

           # then use methods from Text::CSV

           $version = Text::CSV::Unicode->VERSION();   # get the module version

           $csv = Text::CSV::Unicode->new();   # create a new object

           $status = $csv->combine(@columns);  # combine columns into a string
           $line = $csv->string();             # get the combined string

           $status = $csv->parse($line);       # parse a CSV string into fields
           @columns = $csv->fields();          # get the parsed fields

           $status = $csv->status();           # get the most recent status
           $bad_argument = $csv->error_input();# get the most recent bad argument

DESCRIPTION

       Text::CSV::Unicode provides facilities for the composition and decomposition of comma-separated values,
       based on Text::CSV.  Text::CSV::Unicode allows for input with wide character data but does not permit
       control characters.

Incompatible Changes

   Option always_quote=>1 (v0.300)
       Before v0.300, the module behaviour defaulted to "always_quote => 1" in Text::CSV.  This behaviour was
       only needed in tests.

       To recreate the old behaviour:

           $csv = Text::CSV::Unicode->new( { always_quote => 1 } );

DEPRECATED

       The option "binary => 1" does not require this module.

       This code issues a 'deprecated' warning and creates a Text::CSV object:

           $csv = Text::CSV::Unicode->new( { binary => 1 } );

METHODS

       VERSION
           This  function  may  be  called  as  a  class or an object method.  As a class method, it returns the
           currrent module version.  As an object method, it returns the version  of  the  underlying  Text::CSV
           module.

       version
           An object method: it returns the backend module version.

       new
               $csv = Text::CSV::Unicode->new( [{ binary => 1 }] );

           This function may be called as a class method.  It returns a reference to a newly created object.

           "binary => 0" allows the same ASCII input as Text::CSV.

           "binary  =>  1"  allows  for  all  Unicode  characters  in  the input (including \r and \n): the same
           functionality as "Text::CSV->new( { binary => 1 }".

       combine
               $status = $csv->combine(@columns);

           This object function constructs a CSV string  from  the  arguments,  returning  success  or  failure.
           Failure can result from lack of arguments or an argument containing an invalid character.

           Silently accepts undef values in input and treats as an empty string.

       parse
               $status = $csv->parse($line);

           This  object function decomposes a CSV string into fields, returning success or failure.  Failure can
           result from a lack of argument or the given CSV string is improperly formatted.   Upon  failure,  the
           value  returned  by "fields()" is undefined and "error_input()" can be called to retrieve the invalid
           argument.

DIAGNOSTICS

       None

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

       See HASH option to "->new".

DEPENDENCIES

       perl 5.8.0

       Text::CSV 1.0

VERSION

       0.400

AUTHOR

       Robin Barker <rmbarker@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO

       Text::CSV

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018 Robin Barker.  All rights reserved.

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

       The documentation of Text::CSV::Unicode methods that are inherited from Text::CSV is taken from Text::CSV
       0.01 (with some reformatting) and is Copyright (c) 1997 Alan Citterman.

perl v5.36.0                                       2023-01-27                            Text::CSV::Unicode(3pm)