convert non-ascii chars

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Re: convert non-ascii chars by thundergnat (Deacon) on Apr 02, 2012 at 17:51 UTC
Text::Unidecode perhaps?	[reply]
Re: convert non-ascii chars by CountZero (Bishop) on Apr 02, 2012 at 21:09 UTC
If you just want to replace all kind of "funny" quotes by single straight quotes, you can try: `use Modern::Perl; my $string = 'Test:' . chr(0x0022) . chr(0x00AB) . chr(0x201C) . chr(0 +x201F) . chr(0x301D); $string =~ s/\p{Quotation_Mark}/'/g; say $string;` [download] CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply] [d/l]