Catman..._string(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

Catmandu::Fix::import_from_string — bestie, this one slurps data out of a string and drops it into an array ref, using an importer you name yourself. It's giving "glow up your string into actual data" energy. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Okay so watch the glow-up happen in real time:

#BEFORE: { 'json' => '[{"name":"Nicolas"}]' }
#AFTER:  { 'json' => [{"name":"Nicolas"}] }

import_from_string('json','JSON')

Look at that — a string walked in and an array of hashes walked out. 💅

#BEFORE: { record => qq(first_name;name\nNicolas;Franck\nPatrick;Hochstenbach\n) }
#AFTER:  { record => [{ "first_name" => "Nicolas",name => "Franck" },{ "first_name" => "Patrick",name => "Hochstenbach" }] }

import_from_string('record','CSV', 'sep_char' => ';')

And yes, you can pass extra options through, like 'sep_char' => ';' up there — the importer gets them. 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

✨ import_from_string( PATH, NAME [, IMPORT_OPTIONS ] ) ✨

This fix calls the function import_from_string from the package Catmandu, but plot twist: you have to hand it the NAME of the importer. It can't guess. It's not psychic, bestie. 🔮

And here's the thing you can always count on: it always returns an array of hashes. No cap, no exceptions, just hashes in an array. Periodt. 👑

🌈 PATH

(That's the one — the path. That's it, that's the entry.) 😌

🌈 NAME

This is the name of the importer to use. As usual in Catmandu, you've got options, and you can choose:

• the full package name of the importer (e.g. 'Catmandu::Importer::JSON')
• the short package name of the importer (e.g. 'JSON')
• the name of the importer as declared in the Catmandu configuration

Pick your fighter, they all slay. 🫶

🌈 IMPORT_OPTIONS

Extra options for the named importer — pass whatever that importer needs, it's all vibes and parameters. ✨

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Nicolas Franck, "<nicolas.franck at ugent.be>" — iconic, we love an author credit. 💖

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• Catmandu::Fix
• Catmandu::Importer

Go read those next, bestie, they're the supporting cast. 🦋

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And that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this lil manual came to you courtesy of perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-01-24, filed under that Catman..._string(3pm) title up top (iykyk, the header got truncated, not my fault, I don't make the rules 🫠). Stay hydrated, stay importing. 🌸✨