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in reply to "Unrecognized character" stops perl cold

0xE2 represents the leter "a" with a caret on top >> â <<. This may be intermingled and visible in the text pasted, but not obvious to the reader.

Look at all lower-case "a"'s in the line to find those that look unusual.

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Re^2: "Unrecognized character" stops perl cold
by merlyn (Sage) on Jan 17, 2008 at 21:02 UTC
      It's more like a hat really.