I've got into a tangle using HTML::Entities v 1.27

Using WinXP, Activestate 5.8.6 build 811

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use HTML::Entities;

my $string = "’";
print "string: $string\n"; # &rsquo 

decode_entities($string);
print "de entitied: $string\n"; # ’
print "ord of string:" . ord($string) . "\n"; # 226

encode_entities($string);
print "re entitied: $string\n"; # â€&#153

my $character = encode_entities(chr(226));
print "character 226: $character\n"; # &acirc

$character = encode_entities(chr(8217));
print "character 8217: $character\n"; # &rsquo

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I think I need decode_entities to return char(8217) and not char(226)

Thanks in advance

In reply to Need advice on HTML entities by wfsp

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