in reply to Re^2: Special character not being captured
in thread Special character not being captured

I'm not using the DATA handle. The strings the get passed to first_alpha come from hashes most of the time. I asked earlier in this thread, but do I need to post the entire process that lead to the problem with this one character not being "seen" properly by first_alpha?

No matter how hysterical I get, my problems are not time sensitive. So, relax, have a cookie, and a very nice day!
Lady Aleena

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