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Locale::Currency(3pm)                 Perl Programmers Reference Guide                 Locale::Currency(3pm)



NAME
       Locale::Currency - ISO three letter codes for currency identification (ISO 4217)

SYNOPSIS
           use Locale::Currency;

           $curr = code2currency('usd');     # $curr gets 'US Dollar'
           $code = currency2code('Euro');    # $code gets 'eur'

           @codes   = all_currency_codes();
           @names   = all_currency_names();

DESCRIPTION
       The "Locale::Currency" module provides access to the ISO three-letter codes for identifying curren-cies currencies
       cies and funds, as defined in ISO 4217.  You can either access the codes via the "conversion rou-tines" routines"
       tines" (described below), or with the two functions which return lists of all currency codes or all
       currency names.

       There are two special codes defined by the standard which aren't understood by this module:

       XTS Specifically reserved for testing purposes.

       XXX For transactions where no currency is involved.

CONVERSION ROUTINES
       There are two conversion routines: "code2currency()" and "currency2code()".

       code2currency()
           This function takes a three letter currency code and returns a string which contains the name of
           the currency identified. If the code is not a valid currency code, as defined by ISO 4217, then
           "undef" will be returned.

               $curr = code2currency($code);

       currency2code()
           This function takes a currency name and returns the corresponding three letter currency code, if
           such exists.  If the argument could not be identified as a currency name, then "undef" will be
           returned.

               $code = currency2code('French Franc');

           The case of the currency name is not important.  See the section "KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS"
           below.

QUERY ROUTINES
       There are two function which can be used to obtain a list of all currency codes, or all currency
       names:

       "all_currency_codes()"
           Returns a list of all three-letter currency codes.  The codes are guaranteed to be all
           lower-case, and not in any particular order.

       "all_currency_names()"
           Returns a list of all currency names for which there is a corresponding three-letter currency
           code. The names are capitalised, and not returned in any particular order.

EXAMPLES
       The following example illustrates use of the "code2currency()" function.  The user is prompted for a
       currency code, and then told the corresponding currency name:

           $| = 1;    # turn off buffering

           print "Enter currency code: ";
           chop($code = <STDIN>);
           $curr = code2currency($code);
           if (defined $curr)
           {
               print "$code = $curr\n";
           }
           else
           {
               print "'$code' is not a valid currency code!\n";
           }

KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
          In the current implementation, all data is read in when the module is loaded, and then held in
           memory.  A lazy implementation would be more memory friendly.

          This module also includes the special codes which are not for a currency, such as Gold, Platinum,
           etc.  This might cause a problem if you're using this module to display a list of currencies.
           Let Neil know if this does cause a problem, and we can do something about it.

          ISO 4217 also defines a numeric code for each currency.  Currency codes are not currently sup-ported supported
           ported by this module, in the same way Locale::Country supports multiple codesets.

          There are three cases where there is more than one code for the same currency name.  Kwacha has
           two codes: mwk for Malawi, and zmk for Zambia.  The Russian Ruble has two codes: rub and rur.
           The Belarussian Ruble has two codes: byr and byb.  The currency2code() function only returns one
           code, so you might not get back the code you expected.

SEE ALSO
       Locale::Country
           ISO codes for identification of country (ISO 3166).

       Locale::Script
           ISO codes for identification of written scripts (ISO 15924).

       ISO 4217:1995
           Code for the representation of currencies and funds.

       http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
           Official web page for the ISO 4217 maintenance agency.  This has the latest list of codes, in MS
           Word format. Boo.

AUTHOR
       Michael Hennecke <hennecke@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> and Neil Bowers <neil@bowers.com>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002-2004, Neil Bowers.

       Copyright (c) 2001 Michael Hennecke and Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).

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



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