JSON into string

AnishaM has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: JSON into string by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 31, 2016 at 12:03 UTC
File::Slurp is notoriously bad at reading files that have an encoding. Most likely, a good approach is to avoid using it and reading the file yourself.	[reply]
Re: JSON into string by choroba (Cardinal) on Aug 31, 2016 at 12:15 UTC
Junk characters at the beginning? File::BOM maybe? ($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-\|\|-\|5+lengthSq)`"S\|oS2"`map{chr \|+ord }map{substrSq`S_+\|`\|}3E\|-\|`7**2-3:)=~y+S\|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a, [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: JSON into string by stevieb (Canon) on Aug 31, 2016 at 13:14 UTC
Any chance you could post a section of the data? From the beginning leading up to and at least a bit past the beginning of the valid JSON?	[reply]
Re^2: JSON into string by AnishaM (Acolyte) on Aug 31, 2016 at 15:36 UTC
Thank you so much everyone. The problem was with the encoding only. Thanks again.	[reply]
Re: JSON into string by GotToBTru (Prior) on Aug 31, 2016 at 12:07 UTC
substr? But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (NASB)	[reply]
Re: JSON into string by neilwatson (Priest) on Aug 31, 2016 at 18:46 UTC
Some alternate slurp methods here Neil Watson watson-wilson.ca	[reply]
Re^2: JSON into string by Anonymous Monk on Aug 31, 2016 at 22:24 UTC
:) thats terribly unsweetened :P `use Path::Tiny qw/ path /; my $foo = path($file)->slurp_utf8; my $foo = path($file)->slurp_raw; my $foo = path($file)->slurp( {binmode => ":raw"} );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]