Re: How to Remove Junk Characters

I am not sure what you mean by "junk" characters. May you post an example of what you mean?

I took out the proxy lines and ran the code; the file downloaded without any errors. However, I think you are referring to accented characters such as ö in the source - Use HTML::Entities if you want to encode them into the proper ö format.

But please post an example so we can be sure of what you want.

~abseed

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Re^2: How to Remove Junk Characters by Rajeshk (Scribe) on Jan 06, 2006 at 05:47 UTC
Hi Monks, Here are some sample junk characters Downloaded files Input -- Original Output =========================================== 1. jury trial.Â For his -- jury trial. For his 2. BÃ¶rries Ahrens -- Börries Ahrens 3. Aldejohannâ€™s main -- Mr. Aldejohann’s 4. University of MÃ¼nster -- University of Münster 5. the â‚¬625 million senior and â‚¬130 -- €625 million senior and €1 +30 6. acquisition of a propertiesâ€™ -- acquisition of a properties’ 7. Westfield College â€“ University -- Westfield College – University + 8. TelÃ©fonos -- Teléfonos 9.(CelumÃ³vil S -- (Celumóvil S 10. Dr. jur., 1990, with a dissertation on â€œDie UnabhÃ¤ngigkeit des +genossenschaftlichen PrÃ¼fungsverbandesâ€ (â€œThe Independence of th +e Cooperative Inspection Associationâ€) --- Dr. jur., 1990, with a dissertation on "Die Unabhängigkeit des genosse +nschaftlichen Prüfungsverbandes" ("The Independence of the Cooperativ +e Inspection Association") [download] Thanks, Rajesh.K	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: How to Remove Junk Characters by wfsp (Abbot) on Jan 06, 2006 at 19:56 UTC
Change `my $file_cnt = $res->content;` [download] to `my $file_cnt = $res->decoded_content;` [download] See HTTP::Message for an explanation of the difference. Many thanks to the search artist kwapping for finding it and to tye for explaining it :-)	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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