I am processing an Excel spreadsheet which has some cells with Chinese characters in them.

The lines below show what is written to an MSDOS screen.

Wide character in print at ....system_lib.pm line 2790, <CFGIN> line 1
+62.
Õ?ÅÕÅÀ
Wide character in print at ....system_lib.pm line 2790, <CFGIN> line 1
+62.
XÕÅûµò?õ©¡Úù?ÕÇ?
Wide character in print at ....system_lib.pm line 2790, <CFGIN> line 1
+62.
YÕÅûµò?õ©¡Úù?ÕÇ?
Wide character in print at ....system_lib.pm line 2790, <CFGIN> line 1
+62.
XÕ?ÇÕ¡ö
Wide character in print at ....system_lib.pm line 2790, <CFGIN> line 1
+62
YÕ?ÇÕ¡ö
Wide character in print at ....system_lib.pm line 2790, <CFGIN> line 1
+62.
Þí¿ÚØóÕñäþÉå

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I want to test the cell data to see if there are any Chinese characters in the cell.

What is the best way of doing this?

In reply to Testing for Chinese Characters by merrymonk

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