[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Thanks for that very detailed answer, but let me reduce my question to this:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> $str = 'it's a smart quote';
> if ($str =~ m/\x{2019}/){
> print "found"
> } else {
> print "not found"
> }
>
> BBEdit confirms that the third char in 'it's a smart quote' is 2019.What does ord(substr($str, 2, 1)) print then? --Gisle
