Well, I know of one method and that is XML::Parser.
Version 2.29 (correct me, if I'm wrong) will read
unicode properly into perl scalars.
So you might have to put a
<doc>
...your japanese text
</doc>
envelope around it?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Gower [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 5:35 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Japanese, Unicode, Perl... oh my!
>
>
> With the addition of unicode support in Perl 5.6.0, I was hoping
> to be able to
> use some existing perl scripts (with minor modifications) on
> Japanese text.
> However, man perl-unicode explains that Perl can't read utf8 encoded text
> files. So the question is,
>
> How does one get utf8 text into Perl 5.6 strings?
>
> --
> Neil Gower - Developer
> iNAGO Incorporated
> Toronto, Ontario.
