---
name: "IO::Stringy"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-io-stringy"
version: "2.113-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/IO::Stringy"
---

# IO::Stringy(3pm)

I/O on in-core objects like strings and arrays

## NAME

IO-stringy - I/O on in-core objects like strings and arrays

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use strict;
    use warnings;
    use IO::AtomicFile; # Write a file which is updated atomically
    use IO::InnerFile; # define a file inside another file
    use IO::Lines; # I/O handle to read/write to array of lines
    use IO::Scalar; # I/O handle to read/write to a string
    use IO::ScalarArray; # I/O handle to read/write to array of scalars
    use IO::Wrap; # Wrap old-style FHs in standard OO interface
    use IO::WrapTie; # Tie your handles & retain full OO interface
    # ...
```

## DESCRIPTION

This toolkit primarily provides modules for performing both traditional and object-oriented i/o) on things *other* than normal filehandles; in particular, IO::Scalar, IO::ScalarArray, and IO::Lines.

In the more-traditional IO::Handle front, we have IO::AtomicFile which may be used to painlessly create files which are updated atomically.

And in the "this-may-prove-useful" corner, we have IO::Wrap, whose exported **wraphandle()** function will clothe anything that's not a blessed object in an IO::Handle-like wrapper... so you can just use OO syntax and stop worrying about whether your function's caller handed you a string, a globref, or a FileHandle.

## AUTHOR

Eryq (*eryq@zeegee.com*). President, ZeeGee Software Inc (*http://www.zeegee.com*).

## CONTRIBUTORS

Dianne Skoll (*dfs@roaringpenguin.com*).

## COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright (c) 1997 Erik (Eryq) Dorfman, ZeeGee Software, Inc. All rights reserved.

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