I tried to confirm that behavior with: 
$str="asdkjhasdkjh".chr(0)."666"; 
print "\n$str\n"; print length($str)."\n";
print "yes" if $a = substr($str,12,1); 
print "\n$a\n";

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But chr(0) is just results in a true. But if you mean ord(0) or chr(48), that evaluates as an integer, and thus false, and thusly ends your loop.

Prevent that with checking for the length of the string, instead of the true-ness ;) of it. 

 while( length my $a =substr $z,$g,1) {

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should do it

Hope this helps,

Jeroen
"We are not alone"(FZ)
Update: Ponder how this runs: 

$str="asdkjhasdkjh".chr(0)."or 0 and I am 666";
print "\n$str\n";
print length($str)."\n";
 
my $g=0;
 
while( length( my $a= substr $str, $g, 1)){
  print "Character nr $g reads $a\n";
  $g++;
}
print "\n\n\tSecond run, without length\n";
$g=0;
 
while( my $a= substr $str, $g, 1){
  print "Character nr $g reads $a\n";
  $g++;
}

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and I think that makes sense ;-} <code>

In reply to Re: Bad Char in string by jeroenes
in thread Bad Char in string by jepri

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