@a = qw( food bar baz ); $" = "\0"; print "Found\n" if index "@a", qq/foo/; # Wrongly succeeds. print "Found\n" if index "@a", qq/foo$"/; # Rightly fails. print "Found\n" if index "@a", qq/$"bar$"/; # Rightly succeeds... print "Found\n" if index "@a", qq/$"baz$"/; # Wrongly fails.