+10  A: 

The character is "\xa0" (i.e. 160), which is the standard Unicode translation for  . (That is, it's Unicode's non-breaking space.) You should be able to remove them with s/\xa0/ /g if you like.

chaos  2009-09-19 17:43:55
s/\xa0/ /g #...and some more characters to make 15...
aidan  2010-01-15 19:58:17
+2  A: 

The character is non-breaking space which is what   stands for.

Sinan Ünür  2009-09-19 17:44:21

related questions

Regex to replace Boolean with bool
How do I lock a file in Perl?
How do you use XML::Parser with Style => 'Objects'
Parsing XML Elements & Attributes with Perl
Regex to match all HTML tags except <p> and </p>
Best way to extract data from a FileMaker Pro database in a script?
What's the fastest way to determine a full URL from a relative URL (given a base URL).
Why can't I connect to my CAS server with Perl's AuthCAS?
Why can't I fetch wikipedia pages with LWP::Simple?
How do I perform a Perl substitution on a string while keeping the original?
How do I read in the contents of a directory in Perl?
How can Perl's system() print the command that it's running?
How can I test STDIN without blocking in Perl?
How do I tell if a variable has a numeric value in Perl?
Why doesn't my Perl map return anything?
How can I determine the type of a blessed reference in Perl?
Parsing attributes with regex in Perl
How do you retrieve selected text using Regex in C#?
Why does the Perl conditional operator not do what I expect?
Class::DBI-like library for php?
How do you create objects in Perl?
How do I remove duplicate items from an array in Perl?
Is The Perl Journal available online?
Can you force either a scalar or array ref to be an array in Perl?
What's the safest way to iterate through the keys of a Perl hash?