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## $Id: ewhutil.pl,v 2.14 2003/04/05 23:49:38 ehood Exp $
## Author:
## Earl Hood mhonarc@mhonarc.org
## Description:
## Generic utility routines
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## Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Earl Hood, mhonarc@mhonarc.org
##
## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
## (at your option) any later version.
##
## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
## GNU General Public License for more details.
##
## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
## Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
## 02111-1307, USA
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package mhonarc;
my $HTMLSpecials = '"&<>';
my %HTMLSpecials = (
'"' => '&quot;',
'&' => '&amp;',
'<' => '&lt;',
'>' => '&gt;',
# '@' => '&#x40;', # XXX: Screws up ISO-2022-JP conversion
);
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## Remove duplicates in an array.
## Returns list with duplicates removed.
##
sub remove_dups {
my $a = shift;
return () unless scalar(@$a);
my %dup = ();
grep(!$dup{$_}++, @$a);
}
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## "Entify" special characters
sub htmlize { # Older name
return '' unless scalar(@_) && defined($_[0]);
my $txt = shift;
my $txt_r = ref($txt) ? $txt : \$txt;
$$txt_r =~ s/([$HTMLSpecials])/$HTMLSpecials{$1}/go;
$$txt_r;
}
sub entify { # Alternate name
return '' unless scalar(@_) && defined($_[0]);
my $txt = shift;
my $txt_r = ref($txt) ? $txt : \$txt;
$$txt_r =~ s/([$HTMLSpecials])/$HTMLSpecials{$1}/go;
$$txt_r;
}
## commentize entifies certain characters to avoid problems when a
## string will be included in a comment declaration
sub commentize {
my($txt) = $_[0];
$txt =~ s/([\-&])/'&#'.unpack('C',$1).';'/ge;
$txt;
}
sub uncommentize {
my($txt) = $_[0];
$txt =~ s/&#(\d+);/pack("C",$1)/ge;
$txt;
}
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## Copy a file.
##
sub cp {
my($src, $dst) = @_;
open(SRC, $src) || die("ERROR: Unable to open $src\n");
open(DST, "> $dst") || die("ERROR: Unable to create $dst\n");
print DST <SRC>;
close(SRC);
close(DST);
}
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## Translate html string back to regular string
##
sub dehtmlize {
my $str = shift;
my $str_r = ref($str) ? $str : \$str;
$$str_r =~ s/\&lt;/</g;
$$str_r =~ s/\&gt;/>/g;
$$str_r =~ s/\&amp;/\&/g;
$$str_r =~ s/\&quot;/\&/g;
$$str_r =~ s/\&#[xX]0*40;/@/g;
$$str_r =~ s/\&#64;/@/g;
$$str_r;
}
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## Escape special characters in string for URL use.
##
sub urlize {
my($url) = shift || "";
my $url_r = ref($url) ? $url : \$url;
$$url_r =~ s/([^\w\.\-:])/sprintf("%%%X",unpack("C",$1))/ge;
$$url_r;
}
sub urlize_path {
my($url) = shift || "";
my $url_r = ref($url) ? $url : \$url;
$$url_r =~ s/([^\w\.\-:\/])/sprintf("%%%X",unpack("C",$1))/ge;
$$url_r;
}
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## Perform a "modified" rot13 on a string. This version includes
## the '@' character so addresses can be munged a little better.
##
sub mrot13 {
my $str = shift;
$str =~ tr/@A-Z[a-z/N-Z[@A-Mn-za-m/;
$str;
}
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1;