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✨ PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String — bestie edition 💅

okay so this is PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it's literally the PDF String type object situation. welcome 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String — PDF String type objects 💖

It's the superclass for simple objects that are basically stringlike — think Number, Name, etc. the whole little squad of things that are, at their core, just strings wearing a cute lil hat ✨

Inherits from PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Objind 👑

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

from_pdf 💖

PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String->from_pdf($string)

Creates a new string object (ngl it's not a full object yet, it's giving embryo) from a given string. The string gets parsed according to the input criteria, and yes bestie, escaping is working — the backslashes are doing their thing 🌈

new ✨

PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String->new($string)

Creates a new string object (again: not a full object yet, we're in the pre-glowup phase) from a given string. The string is parsed according to the input criteria with escaping working 💫

convert 🦋

$s->convert($str)

Returns $str converted as per the criteria for input from a PDF file. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🫶

val 🌸

$s->val()

Returns the value of this string — which is, bestie, the string itself. no plot twist. main character returns themself 💅

as_pdf 🔥

$s->as_pdf()

Returns the string formatted for output as PDF, for the PDF File object $pdf 📄✨

outobjdeep 👑

$s->outobjdeep($fh, $pdf)

Outputs the string in PDF format, complete with all the necessary conversions. it does the deep work. iconic behaviour fr fr 💜

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lowkey important: the description says this is a superclass for stringlike objects, so if you're out here subclassing, that's the vibe check you're signing up for 🧚

perl v5.42.0 · 2026-01-17 — ok bye bestie, go parse some strings, you got this 🎀💖✨