my $clmnVal = 'La Conner….Shelter Bay Fee Simple'; if ( grep $_ eq $clmnNm, @smblClmns ) { $clmnVal = smblRpr( $clmnVal ); } sub smblRpr { my $strng = $_[0]; my %smblCO = ( 'xE2' => { '\xE2\x80\x9A' => '‚', '\xE2\x80\x9C' => '“', '\xE2\x80\x9D' => '”', '\xE2\x80\x9E' => '„', '\xE2\x80\x93' => '–', '\xE2\x80\x94' => '—', '\xE2\x80\x98' => '‘', '\xE2\x80\x99' => '’', '\xE2\x80\xA0' => '†', '\xE2\x80\xA6' => '…', '\xE2\x84\xA2' => '™' }, 'xC2' => { '\xC2\xA9' => '©', '\xC2\xAE' => '®', '\xC2\xB1' => '±', '\xC2\xBC' => '¼', '\xC2\xBD' => '½', '\xC2\xBE' => '¾', '\xC2\xB0' => '°' } ); if( $strng =~ /\xC2/ ) { my $C2 = $smblCO{'xC2'}; while ( my($bytes, $replc) = each %$C2 ) { if( $strng =~ /$bytes/ ) { $strng =~ s/$bytes/$replc/g; } } } if( $strng =~ /\xE2/ ) { my $E2 = $smblCO{'xE2'}; while ( my($bytes, $replc) = each %$E2 ) { if( $strng =~ /$bytes/ ) { $strng =~ s/$bytes/$replc/g; } } } return $strng; } # end smblRpr