rajarshi das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/24/2005 10:39:05 AM:

> Is the argument to the chr function for $a a unicode
> scalar value ?

No and in fact the function is documented that
way.  See for example:

http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/chr.html

> If yes, $a on ascii and ebcdic should be the same
> ("A1" on ascii and "AA" on ebcdic) ?

If you wanted the inverted exclamation mark then
xA1 on ascii platforms and xAA on ibm-1047 would be
the number to use.

Peter Prymmer

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