in reply to How to make an ascii flower variable

use utf8;

$✿ = "works for me?";

(yes it's not ASCII but I mean really)

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Re^2: How to make an ascii flower variable
by rgiskard (Hermit) on Oct 19, 2011 at 04:38 UTC
    I cut and pasted that code into emacs. Initially things looked good (the flower appeared to be a flower variable etc.). It didn't work when I ran it. How exactly is this working for you?

    Code:
    use utf8;

    $✿ = "works for me?";

    Output: 
    perl fleur.pl
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at fleur.pl line 
+3.
Unrecognized character \x9C; marked by <-- HERE after $\342<-- HERE ne
+ar column\
 2 at fleur.pl line 3.

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      Hmm, how odd! It ran without complaint or error at work; when I try it at home now, I get the same error as you (which is documented as being correct behaviour!).

      I'll have to try again at work tomorrow! ;-)

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        Of course, we can always put the flower in a vase:

        use utf8;
        no strict 'refs';
        ${"✿"} = "works for me?";
        say ${"✿"}

        Good Day,
            Dean

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