Encode::Symbol(3perl)

💖 NAME 💖

Encode::Symbol — the Symbol Encodings module, bestie 💅

This is page Encode::Symbol(3perl) from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, and she is here to make dingbats make sense 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Encode qw/encode decode/;
$symbol  = encode("symbol", $utf8); # loads Encode::Symbol implicitly
$utf8 = decode("", $symbol);        # ditto

Lowkey that's the whole vibe — encode one way, decode the other way, and the module loads itself behind the scenes like the main character it is 👑

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🎀 ABSTRACT 🎀

Okay so, real talk: this module implements symbol and dingbats encodings. That's the whole job. She does it flawlessly. Periodt 💅

The encodings she supports are, canonically, these little icons right here:

• symbol
• dingbats
• AdobeZDingbat
• AdobeSymbol
• MacDingbats

And just so you have the receipts, the full picture has three columns — Canonical, Alias, and Description:

• Canonical: symbol — Alias: (nothing listed) — Description: (nothing listed)
• Canonical: dingbats — Alias: (nothing listed) — Description: (nothing listed)
• Canonical: AdobeZDingbat — Alias: (nothing listed) — Description: (nothing listed)
• Canonical: AdobeSymbol — Alias: (nothing listed) — Description: (nothing listed)
• Canonical: MacDingbats — Alias: (nothing listed) — Description: (nothing listed)

No aliases, no descriptions in the source table, and I'm not about to invent them — that would be lying to you and you deserve better 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ngl, this page is short and she knows it. If you wanna know how to actually use this module in detail, go read Encode. That's the whole instruction. She's the plug 🔥

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Encode

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🎀 Friendly reminder: the details are the details. Every encoding above is written exactly how the module spells it, and the use Encode qw/encode decode/; line stays untouched — character for character, no cap 💯

That's the page, bestie — go encode something cute ✨

This iconic lil page shipped with perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17, and lives at Encode::Symbol(3perl) in the Perl Programmers Reference Guide. Mwah 💋