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char codes passed using querystring

in my script in get values that are passed to it by using this code

if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq POST)
{
$DataLength=$ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'};
read (STDIN, $QueryString, $DataLength);
}
else
{
$QueryString = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'};
}

#Splitting the pairs and putting them in a list
@NameValuePairs = split (/&/, $QueryString);

the problem is that i want to send
french characters in the querystring
these characters look all funny when print them.....

for instance if i have a capital A with a little line over it starting from bottom right and going to the top left (ascii code #192) and i try to print it after it is put into querystring i get
%C0

how can i be sure that the codes will remain unaffected?

shlomoy

use URI::Escape;
$str = uri_unescape($safe);

where $safe is the escaped string.

URI is a perl module which can be downloaded from CPAN:
http://search.cpan.org/

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malec

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boofulls

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malec's answer was easier to use....