[ "My Company", "Gavin", "Henry\xC2\xA0", "ghenry\@ghenry.co.uk", "\xC2\xA1.00", ] #### $VAR1 = [ 'My Company', 'Gavin', 'Henry ', 'ghenry@ghenry.co.uk', ' 1.00' ]; $VAR1 = [ 'My Company', 'Gavin', 'Henry ', 'ghenry@ghenry.co.uk', ' 1.00' ]; #### next unless $fields[4]; print Dumper \@fields; $fields[4] =~ s/\s+//g; print Dumper \@fields;