Re^2: Converting string literal represetation of utf to utf8

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What didn't work:

   my $a = "\\xC4\\x80";
   utf8::decode($a);  # does not work, \\x are literal ascii.
   # is still the same.
   $a =~ s/\\x(\w\w)/\x$1/g; # Does not work. \x is interpreted withou
+t the code points.
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Re^3: Converting string literal represetation of utf to utf8 by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 17, 2011 at 11:52 UTC
Well, at some point you need to make the actual conversion. For example `s/\\x(\w\w)/chr hex $1/ge` [download] Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply] [d/l]

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