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author | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2013-09-15 15:37:06 -0700 |
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committer | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2013-09-15 15:49:21 -0700 |
commit | c44d7536d178ba6cde538f78ab44b5a59d443def (patch) | |
tree | b7906df572788ae541328a400fb63687ab53445f /pod/perldata.pod | |
parent | 97e1065aff90de944af533344ace667fe0921d9f (diff) | |
download | perl-c44d7536d178ba6cde538f78ab44b5a59d443def.tar.gz |
perldata.pod: Mention what version introduced kv slices
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diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod index 2d83b26e4a..269c31f77a 100644 --- a/pod/perldata.pod +++ b/pod/perldata.pod @@ -920,7 +920,8 @@ scalar) or a plural one (a list). =head3 Key/Value Hash Slices -A hash slice operation with the % symbol is a variant of slice operation +Starting in Perl 5.20, a hash slice operation +with the % symbol is a variant of slice operation returning a list of key/value pairs rather than just values: %h = (blonk => 2, foo => 3, squink => 5, bar => 8); @@ -933,7 +934,8 @@ using the @ symbol. =head3 Index/Value Array Slices -Similar to key/value hash slices, the % array slice syntax returns a list +Similar to key/value hash slices (and also introduced +in Perl 5.20), the % array slice syntax returns a list of index/value pairs: @a = "a".."z"; |