Re: Character conversion

If you insist on rolling your own, something like this:

$url_string =~ s/([^[:alnum:]])/sprintf '%%%02x', ord($1)/eg; # thanks
+ for the 02, ikegami
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but it's probably better to find a module like URI::Escape.

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Re^2: Character conversion by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 22, 2006 at 17:43 UTC
That should be `%02x`, not `%x`, or else it will fail for `"\x0"` to `"\xF"`. One reason URI::Escape is better is because it fails safely when provided with unicode characters, while your code fails badly.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Character conversion by Anonymous Monk on Feb 22, 2006 at 17:11 UTC
Thanks, This was exactly what I needed..	[reply]