---
name: "Encode::Arabic::Habash"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libencode-arabic-perl"
version: "14.2-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Encode::Arabic::Habash"
---

# Encode::Arabic::Habash(3pm)

Habash-Soudi-Buckwalter transliteration of Arabic

## NAME

Encode::Arabic::Habash - Habash-Soudi-Buckwalter transliteration of Arabic

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Encode::Arabic::Habash;             # imports just like 'use Encode' would, plus more
    while ($line = <>) {                    # Habash-Soudi-Buckwalter mapping into the Arabic script
        print encode 'utf8', decode 'habash', $line;        # 'Habash' alias 'Soudi' alias 'HSB'
    }
    # shell filter of data, e.g. in *n*x systems instead of viewing the Arabic script proper
    % perl -MEncode::Arabic::Habash -pe '$_ = encode "habash", decode "utf8", $_'
```

## DESCRIPTION

Habash-Soudi-Buckwalter notation is a one-to-one transliteration of the graphemes of the Arabic script into various symbols of Unicode defined in \<http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=habash+soudi+buckwalter\>.

### IMPLEMENTATION

Similar to that in Encode::Arabic::Buckwalter.

## SEE ALSO

Encode::Arabic, Encode, Encode::Encoding

## AUTHOR

Otakar Smrz `"<otakar-smrz users.sf.net>"`, \<http://otakar-smrz.users.sf.net/\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2003-2016 Otakar Smrz

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.