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Anupama G
Anupama G

Reputation: 311

Converting a Unicode code point into a Unicode character in Perl

I'll start by admitting that something very basic is going over my head here.

The input (from STDIN) to my Perl code is Ç (capital c with cedilla). I decode it by putting this line at the top of my code :

binmode STDIN, ":encoding(UTF-8)";

Once the user inputs 'Ç', I just print it. The output is \xC7. I understand perfectly that this is so because the Unicode code point for capital c with cedilla is U+00c7.

What should I do to get the printed output on STDOUT as 'Ç', i.e., convert the code point into the character?

I have also added this line to encode the output to STDOUT :

binmode STDOUT, ":encoding(UTF-8)";

Upvotes: 0

Views: 563

Answers (1)

psmears
psmears

Reputation: 28060

You can do the same to STDOUT as you did to STDIN:

perl -e 'binmode STDOUT, ":encoding(UTF-8)";print chr(0xc7);'

prints

Ç

as required.

Upvotes: 2

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