Removal of special characters

[tecknick]

Hi

I have a perl cgi form which allows users to ask for information to be emailed to them. The request is appended to a comma delimeted file for use on a database. I am having a problem with users writing their request in Microsoft Word for Windows and cut and pasting it into my form. I get the following :


Instead of :

jack; jill; Please send information regarding.


I get :

jack; jill; Please send
information
regarding.


Does anyone have any advice?

Are ther any special characters which I should know about?

Regards

Tecknick

 

[PaulTEG]

Try,
#!/usr/bin/perl
$msg="jack; jill; Please send
information
regarding";

$msg=~s/\n//g; remove newlines
$msg=~s/\s+/ /g; replace spcaes with a space
print $msg;

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