That matches "http://", followed by a space, followed by one or more "S", followed by a space. I think you want 

m{http:// (\S+) }x

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/x causes white space in the pattern to be ignored. \S is what matches a non-whitespace.

Note that this check if the string in $fragment contains a URL; it doesn't check if the string is a URL. For that, you'd need 

m{ ^ http:// (\S+) \z }x

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Of course, that not a proper check for URLs. You get false negatives (e.g HTTP://www.perlmonks.org) and false positives. Maybe you should use Regexp::Common::URI::http instead?

Update: Mentioned a specific solution. Thanks, haukex.

Update: In the description, I used /s where I meant /x. Fixed.

In reply to Re: Non White space function by ikegami
in thread Non White space function by catfish1116

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