how would you do this?

[Nate]

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Nate <catenate at yahoo.com> wrote -


I want to translate a string captured from a web form into readable
output. It seems that I should to use the built in functions hex() and
chr(), right?

My problem seems to be getting it to substitute with the s/// operator.

Now if $_ contains the string "You%20guys%20rule%21"
can I do something like this:

$name=~ s/$_/chr(hex($_))/ge ;
print $name;

...and have it print "You guys rule!"?

This example DOES NOT work, so what can I do?

Now I've got the Camel book and the hex() and chr() functions are well
defined, but I can't make them work for me :(

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