in reply to Re: tr{}{} doesn't wanna work.. what am I doing wrong?
in thread tr{}{} doesn't wanna work.. what am I doing wrong?

Hi, Thanks for your suggestion :) For some reason it gives me a weird output, compared to yours? 
C:\Users\Andy>perl test2.pl
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xc2, imme
+diately after start byte 0xc0) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xc4, imme
+diately after start byte 0xc2) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xe0, imme
+diately after start byte 0xc4) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xe2, imme
+diately after start byte 0xe0) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xe4, imme
+diately after start byte 0xe2) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xc7, imme
+diately after start byte 0xe4) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xe7, imme
+diately after start byte 0xc7) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xc9, imme
+diately after start byte 0xe7) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xca, imme
+diately after start byte 0xc9) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xc8, imme
+diately after start byte 0xca) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xcb, imme
+diately after start byte 0xc8) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xe9, imme
+diately after start byte 0xcb) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xea, imme
+diately after start byte 0xe9) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xe8, imme
+diately after start byte 0xea) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xeb, imme
+diately after start byte 0xe8) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xcf, imme
+diately after start byte 0xeb) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xcc, imme
+diately after start byte 0xcf) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xce, imme
+diately after start byte 0xcc) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xef, imme
+diately after start byte 0xce) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xec, imme
+diately after start byte 0xef) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xee, imme
+diately after start byte 0xec) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xd6, imme
+diately after start byte 0xee) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xd4, imme
+diately after start byte 0xd6) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xd2, imme
+diately after start byte 0xd4) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xf6, imme
+diately after start byte 0xd2) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xf4, imme
+diately after start byte 0xf6) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xf2, imme
+diately after start byte 0xf4) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xdc, imme
+diately after start byte 0xf2) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xdb, imme
+diately after start byte 0xdc) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xd9, imme
+diately after start byte 0xdb) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xfc, imme
+diately after start byte 0xd9) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xfb, imme
+diately after start byte 0xfc) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xf9, imme
+diately after start byte 0xfb) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0x3f, imme
+diately after start byte 0xf9) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xab, with no 
+preceding start byte) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 10.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xbb, with no 
+preceding start byte) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 10.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xf3, imme
+diately after start byte 0xed) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xf1, imme
+diately after start byte 0xf3) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xd1, imme
+diately after start byte 0xf1) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xe1, imme
+diately after start byte 0xd1) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xe9, imme
+diately after start byte 0xe1) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xf3, imme
+diately after start byte 0xe9) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xfa, imme
+diately after start byte 0xf3) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xc1, imme
+diately after start byte 0xfa) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xc9, imme
+diately after start byte 0xc1) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xcd, imme
+diately after start byte 0xc9) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0xd3, imme
+diately after start byte 0xcd) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0x0a, imme
+diately after start byte 0xd3) in subroutine entry at test2.pl line 1
+0.
Malformed UTF-8 character (1 byte, need 2, after start byte 0xda) in s
+ubroutine entry at test2.pl line 10.
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C:\Users\Andy>

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Any ideas? TIA! Andy

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Re^3: tr{}{} doesn't wanna work.. what am I doing wrong?
by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 24, 2012 at 14:24 UTC

    Check the encoding of your input data. Decode all data (to unicode) before operating on it in any way.

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      Thanks, that did the trick :) I needed to convert $filename:

      utf8::decode($filename);

      Working like a charm now - thanks! :)
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Re^3: tr{}{} doesn't wanna work.. what am I doing wrong?
by moritz (Cardinal) on Feb 24, 2012 at 14:36 UTC
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