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| author | Karl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com> | 2011-02-19 20:17:16 -0700 |
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| committer | Karl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com> | 2011-02-19 20:18:50 -0700 |
| commit | 679563bb154a41b95004965fabed4c296a2cb435 (patch) | |
| tree | b579da3f1af5d709670c98812d4500c6670e999e | |
| parent | 501ab549abec3d696d78c9d5348cdf156c647fe2 (diff) | |
| download | perl-679563bb154a41b95004965fabed4c296a2cb435.tar.gz | |
perlop.pod: Update to account for /r
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index 5fd835bf3c..79f608bf20 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -1570,7 +1570,8 @@ with the replacement text and returns the number of substitutions made. Otherwise it returns false (specifically, the empty string). If the C</r> (non-destructive) option is used then it will perform the -substitution on a copy of the string and return the copy whether or not a +substitution on a copy of the string and instead of returning the +number of substitutions, it returns the copy whether or not a substitution occurred. The original string will always remain unchanged in this case. The copy will always be a plain string, even if the input is an object or a tied variable. |