Unicode regexp example required

[svar]

I am reading data from an excel file in a local language.
What I need to do is say:
if ($field=~/local_string_that_I_copy_from_the_excel_cell_into_the_perl_script/){$field=...;}

any idea how to do it? It does not seem to work if I just copy the string in the regexp.

 

[Annihilannic]

How are you reading the Excel file? Using a module? If so, which one? Under what operating system? If you just print all of the fields out instead of trying to use a regex, do they look how they did in Excel?

Annihilannic.

 

[svar]

Spreadsheet:arseExcel0.32
OS=WinXp
Yes, I see them just like they look in Excel if I run with the ptkdb debugger
perl -d ptkdb myscript.pl

 

[Annihilannic]

It's difficult to say without seeing some sample data. Do you have to use a regex? If you are matching the entire field, have you tried matching a string literal just using if ($field eq 'String from field') { ... }?

Annihilannic.