Re^2: Perl treats period as space in string

in reply to Re: Perl treats period as space in string
in thread Perl treats period as space in string

You can solve this problem with qr in Regexp Quote Like Operators.

use strict;
use warnings;
use Test::More tests => 2;


my $phrase = qr/club\.market/;


unlike( 'club market', $phrase, 'not match space' );

  like( 'club.market', $phrase, 'match period' );
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RESULT,

1..2
ok 1 - not match space
ok 2 - match period
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Bill

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