The Spreadsheet::WriteExcel write() method will handle Unicode strings if they have the utf8 flag set.

This is generally the case if you read in a file and specify the encoding of the file when you open it. See for example the unicode_*.pl examples in the S::WE distro and in particular unicode_8859_7.pl for Greek text.

So, I'd guess that the strings that you are having problems with don't have the utf8 flag set. You can either fix this using the Encode module or if you let us know how you are reading this strings then we might be able to suggest a better, or at least alternative, solution.

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John.

In reply to Re: WriteExcel unicode question by jmcnamara
in thread WriteExcel unicode question by demis

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