recode_string

Description

Recode the string string according to the recode request request. Returns the recoded string or FALSE, if unable to perform the recode request.

A simple recode request may be "lat1..iso646-de". See also the GNU Recode documentation of your installation for detailed instructions about recode requests.

Example 1. Basic recode_string() example: print recode_string ("us..flat", "The following character has a diacritical mark: á");