$text =~ s/\s{2,}[\dA-Z]?[A-Z]\d?$// if length $text > 24;
$text =~ s/[\W\x00-\x2F\x7B-\xFF]//g; # tautology, just to make quite sure!
$text = substr($text, 0, $duplth) if length $text > $duplth;
$text =~ s/\s{2,}[\dA-Z]?[A-Z]\d?$// if length $text > 24;
$text =~ s/[\W\x00-\x2F\x7B-\xFF]//g; # tautology, just to make quite sure!
$text = substr($text, 0, $duplth) if length $text > $duplth;