in reply to convert encoding

This is a golgotha every programmer must pass sooner or later..

Take a look to the-absolute-minimum-every-software-developer-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-unicode-and-character-sets-no-excuses

L*

There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom