How can i convert utf-8 string to cyrillic (win-1251)?

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Re: How can i convert utf-8 string to cyrillic (win-1251)? by thundergnat (Deacon) on May 24, 2005 at 13:18 UTC
With the Encode module. `use warnings; use strict; use Encode; my $string = 'A bunch of cyrillic characters that won\'t show up corre +ctly here.'; Encode::from_to($string, 'utf-8', 'cp1251'); # or whatever` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: How can i convert utf-8 string to cyrillic (win-1251)? by dmitryrusak (Acolyte) on May 24, 2005 at 19:14 UTC
Thanx! It works!	[reply]
Re: How can i convert utf-8 string to cyrillic (win-1251)? by displeaser (Hermit) on May 24, 2005 at 13:22 UTC
The modules Unicode::String or Unicode::Transform might do the job for you. D	[reply]
Re^2: How can i convert utf-8 string to cyrillic (win-1251)? by Courage (Parson) on May 24, 2005 at 15:55 UTC
Unicode::String is obsolete, and, given 5.8 version of perl, those should NOT be recommended, --	[reply]
Re^3: How can i convert utf-8 string to cyrillic (win-1251)? by displeaser (Hermit) on May 26, 2005 at 10:36 UTC
Didnt realise that. Thanks for the heads up. D	[reply]