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in reply to Re^4: Special character not being captured
in thread Special character not being captured

It doesn't belong there. You should always decode the input, as soon as possible; and similarly encode the output immediately before sending it out. first_alpha should receive an already decoded string.

map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]