PERL Miscellaneous - I'm creating a URL

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I'm creating a URL

socialism001@yahoo.com

2005-06-09, 3:57 am

I'm creating a URL to paste into a html page that the user can click
on. Does anyone know of any programs that will automatically convert
spaces and other special characters into url compatible code. I think
space is %20

i.e. I need to be able to type in
'http://mysite.com/prog.pl?stuff&description=properties that fit this
requirement&date=20050517&itemcode=june0805

so the spaces after the description would need to be converted.

Thanks,
Chris

A. Sinan Unur

2005-06-09, 3:57 am

socialism001@yahoo.com wrote in news:1118281637.466346.313280
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> I'm creating a URL to paste into a html page that the user can click
> on. Does anyone know of any programs that will automatically convert
> spaces and other special characters into url compatible code.

Didn't you find something suitable when you searched/browsed through CPAN?

Sinan
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Christopher Nehren

2005-06-09, 3:57 am

On 2005-06-09, socialism001@yahoo.com scribbled these
curious markings:
> I'm creating a URL to paste into a html page that the user can click
> on. Does anyone know of any programs that will automatically convert
> spaces and other special characters into url compatible code. I think
> space is %20

This is in the FAQ (which I actually didn't know until a short while
ago, as it was posted to the group). perlfaq9 has your answer. If you
have access to a system with a command-line and a proper perl
installation (instead of the butchered installations which certain
unnamed Linux distributions use by default), you should be able to
obtain the answer by doing:

perldoc -q '%-'

Change the '' as appropriate for your shell's quoting rules.

Best Regards,
Christopher Nehren
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