this is the code i found this problem with. i dont "download" the code, i cut and paste it from the yellow tables. when i cut and paste the ­ characters seem to be picked up, but converted into ASCII codes, and inserted into the documents when i save them in a text editor.

if you view the source of that page and search for ­ you will see how many of them there are. why are they in there? did the person who submitted that example add them or did the engine?

i tried with another example and found the same problem:
http://perlmonks.thepen.com/193651.html

thanks for the quick reply by the way...

duncan

Edit by tye, make URL into links