Use this 2 functions:
sub latin1_to_utf8 {
return( pack( 'U*', unpack("C*", @_[0] ) ) );
}

sub utf8_to_latin1 {
return( pack("C*", unpack("U*",@_[0]) ) );
}

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Will be better if you use the modules utf8:: or Encode::. But the advantage of this 2 functions is that they works on Perl 5.6 standart, don't need to upgrade it with new modules. If you are using Perl 5.8 use utf8::, take a look in pod, at 'perlunicode' and 'utf8 manpage' (I dont put any link here because this change a lot between the version of Perl, see your release).

Don't use this:
tr///UC;
This doesn't work anymore!

* I made the changes like IlyaM says!

"The creativity is the expression of the liberty".

In reply to Re: ASCII (latin1) to UTF-8 (with sub latin1_to_utf8 & utf8_to_latin1) by gmpassos
in thread ASCII to UTF-8 by COMSCBoy

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