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To match "no more", you have to add the beginning anchor as well: 
my $re = qr/^\S{8}$/;

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Re^2: End of String in qr// expression
by gg48gg (Sexton) on Sep 05, 2013 at 23:09 UTC
    Thanks. Now I'm embarrassed I didn't see that. It was matching the end of string. Doh!
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