PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String (3)

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NAME

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String - PDF String type objects and superclass for simple objects that are basically stringlike (Number, Name, etc.)

METHODS

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String->from_pdf($string)

Creates a new string object (not a full object yet) from a given string. The string is parsed according to input criteria with escaping working.

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String->new($string)

Creates a new string object (not a full object yet) from a given string. The string is parsed according to input criteria with escaping working.

$s->convert($str)

Returns $str converted as per criteria for input from file

$s->val

Returns the value of this string (the string itself).

$->as_pdf

Returns the string formatted for output as for File object $pdf.

$s->outobjdeep

Outputs the string in format, complete with necessary conversions