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nysus has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

This doesn't work. No idea why: 

#! /usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $string = "“can’t”";

$string =~ tr/“’”/"'"/;
print $string . "\n";

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Result: "'"can"'"t"'"

Desired result: "can't"

I reread the documentation for tr///. But it still seems like every character on left should be replace with a single corresponding character on the right. What am I missing?

$PM = "Perl Monk's";
$MCF = "Most Clueless Friar Abbot Bishop Pontiff Deacon Curate Priest Vicar";
$nysus = $PM . ' ' . $MCF;
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