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in thread "Unrecognized character" stops perl cold

The encoding is 'utf-8'. I think you're right, it's the quotes. See below, the quotes are replaced by "..." in hexdump's ASCII, which are 'e2 80 99'. Now where did I put that nroff book...

00000000 75 73 65 20 4d 49 4d 45 3a 3a 4c 69 74 65 3b 0a |use MIME: +:Lite;.| 00000010 23 23 23 20 43 72 65 61 74 65 20 61 20 6e 65 77 |### Creat +e a new| 00000020 20 73 69 6e 67 6c 65 2d 70 61 72 74 20 6d 65 73 | single-p +art mes| 00000030 73 61 67 65 2c 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6e 64 20 61 20 |sage, to +send a | 00000040 47 49 46 20 66 69 6c 65 3a 0a 24 6d 73 67 20 3d |GIF file: +.$msg =| 00000050 20 4d 49 4d 45 3a 3a 4c 69 74 65 2d 3e 6e 65 77 | MIME::Li +te->new| 00000060 28 0a 46 72 6f 6d 20 20 20 20 20 3d 3e e2 80 99 |(.From + =>...| 00000070 6d 65 40 6d 79 68 6f 73 74 2e 63 6f 6d e2 80 99 |me@myhost +.com...| 00000080 2c 0a 54 6f 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3d 3e e2 80 99 |,.To + =>...| 00000090 79 6f 75 40 79 6f 75 72 68 6f 73 74 2e 63 6f 6d |you@yourh +ost.com| 000000a0 e2 80 99 2c 0a 43 63 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3d 3e |...,.Cc + =>| 000000b0 e2 80 99 73 6f 6d 65 40 6f 74 68 65 72 2e 63 6f |...some@o +ther.co| 000000c0 6d 2c 20 73 6f 6d 65 40 6d 6f 72 65 2e 63 6f 6d |m, some@m +ore.com| 000000d0 e2 80 99 2c 0a 53 75 62 6a 65 63 74 20 20 3d 3e |...,.Subj +ect =>| 000000e0 e2 80 99 48 65 6c 6c 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 2c 20 6e |...Helloo +oooo, n| 000000f0 75 72 73 65 21 e2 80 99 2c 0a 54 79 70 65 20 20 |urse!..., +.Type | 00000100 20 20 20 3d 3e e2 80 99 69 6d 61 67 65 2f 67 69 | =>...i +mage/gi| 00000110 66 e2 80 99 2c 0a 45 6e 63 6f 64 69 6e 67 20 3d |f...,.Enc +oding =| 00000120 3e e2 80 99 62 61 73 65 36 34 e2 80 99 2c 0a 50 |>...base6 +4...,.P| 00000130 61 74 68 20 20 20 20 20 3d 3e e2 80 99 68 65 6c |ath = +>...hel| 00000140 6c 6f 6e 75 72 73 65 2e 67 69 66 e2 80 99 0a 29 |lonurse.g +if....)| 00000150 3b 0a 24 6d 73 67 2d 3e 73 65 6e 64 3b 20 23 20 |;.$msg->s +end; # | 00000160 73 65 6e 64 20 76 69 61 20 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 |send via +default| 00000170 0a 0a |..| 00000172

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Re^3: "Unrecognized character" stops perl cold
by Jim (Curate) on Jan 19, 2008 at 03:03 UTC
    Would a simple use utf8; solve your problem? See perldoc utf8.

    Jim