in reply to Re: To decode URL-decoded UTF-8 string.
in thread To decode URL-decoded UTF-8 string.

There are reasons we recommend modules instead of cargo-culting–

print urlencode("41 + 1 = 42");
# 41   1 = 42
use URI::Escape;
print uri_escape("41 + 1 = 42");
# 41%20%2B%201%20%3D%2042

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