my $ohm = '24Ù'; print "Before substract : $ohm"; if ($ohm =~ /[^!-~\s]/g)#This helps to find the non ascii character { $unit=$&; $ohm=~s/$unit//e; } print "\nUnit : $unit\nAfter substract : $ohm"; # This will return a ? in my CMD be aware that you cannot see the Ohm character