> Dan Muey wrote:
> >
> > Say I have a variable $data that has file contents in it.
> > Is there a way to tell if it is binary or ascii?
> >
> > if($data =~ ???) { print "It is binary weeee"; }
> > elsif($data =~ ???) { print "It is ascii woo hoo"; }
> > else { print "I do not know what it is, doh!"; }
>
>
> if ( $data =~ /[^[:ascii:]]/ ) {
> print "\$data contains non-ASCII characters\n";
> }
> else {
> print "\$data contains only ASCII characters\n";
> }
Interesting John.
Anyone know where is the [:ascii:] class/group/whatever you call it documented?
I'd like to get more info on it to compare the other method mentioned earlier in the
thread,
{which works good on all my tests so far)
Thanks
Dan
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> John
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