8.41. charnames
Pragma to provide
support for
\N{charname}
escapes. Options are:
- :full
-
Searches for charnames in the list of
standard Unicode character names
- :short
-
Searches for charnames in the specified
script, with the \N escape expected to be of the
form
\N{script:charname}
- scriptname
-
Searches for all charnames in script
scriptname
For example:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use charnames ':short';
print "\N{greek:Sigma} is an upper-case sigma.\n";