Locale::Currency(3)

NAME
Locale::Currency - standard codes for currency identification

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 standard codes used for identifying currencies and funds, such as those defined in ISO 4217.

Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 4217 three-letter codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS
There are several different code sets you can use for identifying currencies. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a constant that is automatically exported by this module.

For example, the two are equivalent:

   $curr = code2currency('usd','alpha');
   $curr = code2currency('usd',LOCALE_CURR_ALPHA);

The codesets currently supported are:

alpha, LOCALE_CURR_ALPHA
    This is a set of three-letter (uppercase) codes from ISO 4217 such as EUR for Euro.

    Two of the codes specified by the standard (XTS which is reserved for testing purposes and XXX which is for transactions where no currency is involved) are omitted.

    This is the default code set.

num, LOCALE_CURR_NUMERIC
    This is the set of three-digit numeric codes from ISO 4217.

ROUTINES

code2currency ( CODE [,CODESET] )
currency2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
currency_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
all_currency_codes ( [CODESET] )
all_currency_names ( [CODESET] )
Locale::Currency::rename_currency  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Currency::add_currency  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Currency::delete_currency  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Currency::add_currency_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
Locale::Currency::delete_currency_alias  ( NAME )
Locale::Currency::rename_currency_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Currency::add_currency_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Currency::delete_currency_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
    These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

Locale::Codes
    The Locale-Codes distribution.

Locale::Codes::API
    The list of functions supported by this module.

http://www.iso.org/iso/support/currency_codes_list-1.htm
    The ISO 4217 data.

AUTHOR
See Locale::Codes for full author history.

Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT
   Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
   Copyright (c) 2001      Michael Hennecke
   Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
   Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Sullivan Beck

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