Re: \b in Unicode regex

Do you mean

$string =~ /$_/;
$string =~ /\b$_\b/;
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or do you really mean

$string =~ /\Q$_\E/;
$string =~ /\b\Q$_\E\b/;
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As soon as your variable contains Metacharacters, they are not the same. See quotemeta, Quoting metacharacters.

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