working Crypt::CBC example

use strict;
use warnings;
use Crypt::CBC;

my $cipher = Crypt::CBC->new(
    -key    => 'goldfish',
    -cipher => 'Blowfish'
);

my $string           = 'some data';
my $encrypted_string = encrypt("$string");
my $decrypted_string = decrypt($encrypted_string);

print "\n$string\n";
print "\n$encrypted_string\n";
print "\n$decrypted_string\n";

# -----------------------------------------------------------
sub encrypt {
    my $str = shift;
    return ( $cipher->encrypt_hex($str) );
}

# -----------------------------------------------------------

# -----------------------------------------------------------
sub decrypt {
    my $str = shift;
    return ( $cipher->decrypt( pack( "H*", $str ) ) );
}

# -----------------------------------------------------------
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