That's probably because you are using what I sent, rather than what the OP did:
> C:\>perl -E "s§3(456)7§$1§;" > Unrecognized character \x98 in column 16 at -e line 1. > > C:\>perl -Mutf8 -E "s§3(456)7§$1§;" > Substitution replacement not terminated at -e line 1. > > C:\>perl -E "s§3(456)7§§$1§; say" > Unrecognized character \x98 in column 14 at -e line 1. > > C:\>perl -Mutf8 -E "s§3(456)7§§$1§; say" > > > C:\> Brian.
