---
name: "Test2::Tools::Encoding"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl"
version: "5.44.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Test2::Tools::Encoding/3perl"
---

# Test2::Tools::Encoding(3perl)

Tools for managing the encoding of Test2 based tests.

## NAME

Test2::Tools::Encoding - Tools for managing the encoding of Test2 based tests.

## DESCRIPTION

This module exports a function that lets you dynamically change the output encoding at will.

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Test2::Tools::Encoding;
    set_encoding('utf8');
```

## EXPORTS

All subs are exported by default.

- set\_encoding($encoding)

  This will set the encoding to whatever you specify. This will only affect the output of the current formatter, which is usually your TAP output formatter.

## SOURCE

The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at *https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/*.

## MAINTAINERS

- Chad Granum \<exodist@cpan.org\>

  ## AUTHORS

- Chad Granum \<exodist@cpan.org\>

  ## COPYRIGHT

Copyright Chad Granum \<exodist@cpan.org\>.

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

See *http://dev.perl.org/licenses/*