em and en dash problem

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Re: em and en dash problem by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 26, 2010 at 06:49 UTC
Em dash: `use utf8; /—/` (source saved as UTF-8) `/\x{2014}/` `/\N{U+2014}/` `use charnames ':full'; /\N{EM DASH}/` En dash: `use utf8; /–/` (source saved as UTF-8) `/\x{2013}/` `/\N{U+2013}/` `use charnames ':full'; /\N{EN DASH}/`	[reply]
Re^2: em and en dash problem by sanku (Beadle) on Oct 26, 2010 at 07:34 UTC
hi, I have tried the same but i am not able to enter the char en and en dash. If i am trying to enter those chars it's displaying as dot. And the code which i have tried is: `use charnames ':full'; /\N{EM DASH}/; use utf8; $a="."; if($a =~/\x{2014}/) { print "Found"; } else { print "Not Found"; }` [download] Thanks	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: em and en dash problem by choroba (Cardinal) on Oct 26, 2010 at 07:59 UTC
Are you using a utf-8-capable editor? Is the editor using a utf-8-capable font?	[reply]
Re^4: em and en dash problem by sanku (Beadle) on Oct 26, 2010 at 08:27 UTC
Re^5: em and en dash problem by Sinistral (Monsignor) on Oct 26, 2010 at 13:42 UTC
Re^3: em and en dash problem by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 26, 2010 at 13:55 UTC
You can use \x and \N in double-quoted literals too, if you donj't want to struggle with your editor.	[reply]
Re: em and en dash problem by Anonymous Monk on Oct 26, 2010 at 06:32 UTC
See Escape sequences in perlre	[reply]
Re: em and en dash problem by Anonymous Monk on Sep 30, 2011 at 20:23 UTC
Great post.. Helped me resolving my problem with em and en dash !	[reply]


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