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.IX Title "URI::_punycode 3"
.TH URI::_punycode 3 2026-06-15 "perl v5.42.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
URI::_punycode \- encodes Unicode string in Punycode
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&  use strict;
\&  use warnings;
\&  use utf8;
\&
\&  use URI::_punycode qw(encode_punycode decode_punycode);
\&
\&  # encode a unicode string
\&  my $punycode = encode_punycode(\*(Aqhttp://☃.net\*(Aq); # http://.net\-xc8g
\&  $punycode = encode_punycode(\*(Aqbücher\*(Aq); # bcher\-kva
\&  $punycode = encode_punycode(\*(Aq他们为什么不说中文\*(Aq); # ihqwcrb4cv8a8dqg056pqjye
\&
\&  # decode a punycode string back into a unicode string
\&  my $unicode = decode_punycode(\*(Aqhttp://.net\-xc8g\*(Aq); # http://☃.net
\&  $unicode = decode_punycode(\*(Aqbcher\-kva\*(Aq); # bücher
\&  $unicode = decode_punycode(\*(Aqihqwcrb4cv8a8dqg056pqjye\*(Aq); # 他们为什么不说中文
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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URI::_punycode is a module to encode / decode Unicode strings into
Punycode <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3492>, an efficient
encoding of Unicode for use with IDNA <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5890>.
.SH FUNCTIONS
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All functions throw exceptions on failure. You can \f(CW\*(C`catch\*(C'\fR them with
Syntax::Keyword::Try or Try::Tiny. The following functions are exported
by default.
.SS encode_punycode
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\&  my $punycode = encode_punycode(\*(Aqhttp://☃.net\*(Aq);  # http://.net\-xc8g
\&  $punycode = encode_punycode(\*(Aqbücher\*(Aq); # bcher\-kva
\&  $punycode = encode_punycode(\*(Aq他们为什么不说中文\*(Aq) # ihqwcrb4cv8a8dqg056pqjye
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.PP
Takes a Unicode string (UTF8\-flagged variable) and returns a Punycode
encoding for it.
.SS decode_punycode
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\&  my $unicode = decode_punycode(\*(Aqhttp://.net\-xc8g\*(Aq); # http://☃.net
\&  $unicode = decode_punycode(\*(Aqbcher\-kva\*(Aq); # bücher
\&  $unicode = decode_punycode(\*(Aqihqwcrb4cv8a8dqg056pqjye\*(Aq); # 他们为什么不说中文
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.PP
Takes a Punycode encoding and returns original Unicode string.
.SH AUTHOR
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Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <\fImiyagawa@bulknews.net\fR> is the author of
IDNA::Punycode which was the basis for this module.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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IDNA::Punycode, RFC 3492 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3492>,
RFC 5891 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5891>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
