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authorRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2005-07-31 15:15:35 +0000
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2005-07-31 15:15:35 +0000
commitc406044371cef6d40a3633f2b77b4125eb4b603a (patch)
tree281c9320f7188bb378b93051901b890f76968542
parent5e148d076aa31058960598f241daa61f83b160be (diff)
downloadperl-c406044371cef6d40a3633f2b77b4125eb4b603a.tar.gz
Remove the documentation for $#, which has been removed
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@25246
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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
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@@ -475,18 +475,6 @@ taken for something more important.)
Consider using "real" multidimensional arrays as described
in L<perllol>.
-=item $#
-
-The output format for printed numbers. This variable is a half-hearted
-attempt to emulate B<awk>'s OFMT variable. There are times, however,
-when B<awk> and Perl have differing notions of what counts as
-numeric. The initial value is "%.I<n>g", where I<n> is the value
-of the macro DBL_DIG from your system's F<float.h>. This is different from
-B<awk>'s default OFMT setting of "%.6g", so you need to set C<$#>
-explicitly to get B<awk>'s value. (Mnemonic: # is the number sign.)
-
-Use of C<$#> is deprecated.
-
=item HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR)
=item $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER