On 29 Oct 2005 22:12:36 +0200, Agnar Renolen <agnarr(_at_)c2i(_dot_)net>
said:
> Hello,
> I need to convert strings obtained from a mysql database in utf8 format
> into a fileformat to be uploaded to specific hardware (specifically
> GPS's). Some of these formats may only allow unaccented characters, so
> I need a way to convert accented characters into their respective base
> characters, g.e. unicode 'ó' into ASCII 'o', 'ä' into 'a' and so forth.
> Is there an easy way to do this in Perl?
Text::Unidecode
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andreas