in reply to Re: End of String in qr// expression
in thread End of String in qr// expression

if you really just want to match any string exactly 8 characters long, why not use length?

Note hat /^\S{8}$/ does not match ANY 8 characters, but only 8 non-whitespace characters. length($input)==8 accepts any 8 characters.

Alexander

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