> As an FTY,

Oops, in a hurry.  s/FTY/FYI/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doran, Michael D
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:35 PM
> To: 'Code for Libraries'
> Subject: RE: marc-8
> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> > In Perl, how do I specify MARC-8 when reading (decoding) and writing
> > (encoding) data?
> 
> You can't.  MARC-8 is a character set that is unknown to the operating
> system.  Your best bet is to convert MARC-8-encoded records into UTF-8.
> 
> > ...it is converted it Perl's
> > internal encoding (UTF-8)
> 
> As an FTY, UTF-8 is *not* Perl's internal encoding.
> 
> -- Michael
> 
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> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Eric
> > Lease Morgan
> > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:18 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [CODE4LIB] marc-8
> >
> > In Perl, how do I specify MARC-8 when reading (decoding) and writing
> > (encoding) data?
> >
> > Character encoding is the bane of my existence. I have learned that when
> > reading from a file I ought to specify the type of encoding the file is in
> > and decode accordingly, or else. Once read, it is converted it Perl's
> > internal encoding (UTF-8) and can be manipulated. Similarly, when writing I
> > am expected to specify the encoding. Both the reading (decoding) and the
> > writing (encoding) can be done with the Encode module. Here is a some code
> > illustrating what I'm trying to do with MARC records which are apparently
> in
> > MARC-8:
> >
> >   # require
> >   use Encode qw( encode decode );
> >
> >   # initialize
> >   my $batch = MARC::Batch->new( 'USMARC', './records.mrc' );
> >   open OUT, ' > updated.mrc';
> >
> >   # process each record
> >   while ( my $marc = $batch->next ) {
> >
> >     # get the title
> >     my $_245 = decode( 'FOO', $marc->title );
> >
> >     # do cool stuff with the title here
> >
> >     # output the cool stuff
> >     print OUT encode( 'FOO', $_245 );
> >
> >   }
> >
> >   # done
> >   close OUT;
> >   exit;
> >
> >
> > My problem is, I don't know what to put in place of FOO. What is the
> official
> > name of MARC-8's encoding scheme?
> >
> > --
> > Eric "The Ugly American" Morgan
> > University of Notre Dame
> >
> > (574) 631-8604