Hebrew(3pm)

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💖 Hebrew(3pm) — or, Locale::Hebrew, the bidirectional Hebrew bestie 💖

okay so like. this is Locale::Hebrew? and it does Bidirectional Hebrew support? and honestly it's giving "small module, big heart" energy. let's get into it 🫶

✨ VERSION ✨

this doc is describing version 1.05 of Locale::Hebrew, which got released on May 27, 2010. yes bestie, 2010. it's vintage. it's iconic. it's still here. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

literally just two lines and you're in:

use Locale::Hebrew;
$visual = hebrewflip($logical);

that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the tea is: this module is based on code from the Unicode Consortium. 🧚

but plot twist — the charset in their code was bogus 😭, so this module had to work the real charset from scratch. which is main character energy fr fr. that said? there might have some mistakes, though. so like. lowkey watch out. 🙈

one function, hebrewflip, is exported by default. you don't even have to ask for it. it just shows up. queen behavior. 👑

✨ NOTES ✨

  • by default, the input string is assumed to be in iso-8859-8 encoding. that's the default. remember it. 💜
  • on Perl version 5.8.1 and above, this module can handle Unicode strings, because it transparently encodes and decodes them as iso-8859-8. and the return value should still be a Unicode string. no cap, that's the whole deal. ✨

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

  • Text::Bidi — it implements related algorithms based on the fribidi library. if that's your vibe, go vibe. 🦋

✨ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ✨

shoutout to Raz Information Systems, <http://www.raz.co.il/> — lots of help came from them. 💖

and thanks to Oded S. Resnik for suggesting Unicode support and for the whole "export hebrewflip by default" idea. a true visionary. 🌸

✨ AUTHORS ✨

  • Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org> is the current maintainer. 👑
  • Ariel Brosh <schop@cpan.org> is the original author, now passed away. 🌈 rest easy, legend.
  • Copyright 2001, 2002 by Ariel Brosh.
  • Copyright 2003-2010 by Audrey Tang.

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

see <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html> for the deets.

and that's the whole page, bestie. go flip some Hebrew. it's bidirectional. it's beautiful. periodt. 💅💖

later babes — this was Hebrew(3pm), from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-19. 💜✨

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