my $uuenc = pack "u", $string; $uuenc =~ tr/:;"$%&\/()'*#[]<>@`=,.+-/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw/; #### my $uudec = $uuenc; $uudec =~ tr/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw/:;"$%&\/()'*#[]<>@`=,.+-/; $uudec = unpack "u", $uudec;