What operating system are you using?
If you are using Windows, you can go to the Character Map and find the characters that you are using. Then copy them into the Perl script, and run it.
You can use this:
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@funnycharacters = qw(ä ö ü);
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If you are using something other than Windows, then I am not sure of the ASCII key codes to create the characters.
I am sure that you can find the ASCII key codes of all the keys on the Internet somewhere.
Hope this helps.
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