With the code and data you've shown, I cannot reproduce your problem:
#!perl -w
use strict;
my $key="5 10 14 16 17 20 25 26 38 1 42 4
+7 54";
my $substr = " 1 ";
my @newarray= $key;
foreach $key ( @newarray ) {
if (index($key, $substr) != -1) {
print "\nExist (substr)"
};
if ($key =~ /\Q$substr\E/) {
print "\nExist (RE)"
};
if ($key =~ /\s+1\s+/) {
print "\nExist (whitespace)"
};
}
__END__
>perl -w tmp.pl
Exist (substr)
Exist (RE)
Exist (whitespace)
Maybe your data in $key really has tabs in it, but you are searching for blanks?
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