I have this code: 
use Switch;
use XML::Simple;
...
my $xml = XMLin("file");
my $foo = $xml;           # the xml is <foo>combo</foo>
print "$foo\n";           # prints the correct value
switch ($foo) {
    case /combo/    { print "found a combo\n"; }
}

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and I got these errors (the hex values change) when I added the switch/case. 
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x9c, with no 
+preceding
start byte) in bitwise and (&) at C:/Perl/lib/Switch.pm line 257.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x90, with no 
+preceding
start byte) in bitwise and (&) at C:/Perl/lib/Switch.pm line 257.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x92, with no 
+preceding
start byte) in bitwise and (&) at C:/Perl/lib/Switch.pm line 257.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x9d, with no 
+preceding
start byte) in bitwise and (&) at C:/Perl/lib/Switch.pm line 257.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x90, with no 
+preceding
start byte) in bitwise and (&) at C:/Perl/lib/Switch.pm line 257.

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I tried turning on and off utf8, but it didn't help. What do I need to do?

Thanks, --traveler

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