ChrisC wrote:
> I need to print the COPYRIGHT symbol.  How to go about it?  Tried
> playing with the following:
> 
> my $text;
> $text = chr(hex(0xa9));
> print "CR *$text*\n";
> 
> But the script just dies.

The hex() function expects a string, but you are giving it 0xa9, which is 129,
and chr(hex('129')) is a wide character. Use

  $text = chr(hex('0xa9'));

or

  $text = chr(hex('a9'));

or

  $text = chr(0xa9);

Rob


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