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author | Andy Lester <andy@petdance.com> | 2005-06-02 11:19:54 -0500 |
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committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2005-06-03 08:04:25 +0000 |
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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq.pod b/pod/perlfaq.pod index 0715bb532a..ae154ea71a 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq.pod @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Several people have contributed answers, corrections, and comments. =head1 Author and Copyright Information -Copyright (c) 1997-2003 Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, and +Copyright (c) 1997-2005 Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, and other contributors noted in the answers. All rights reserved. @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the numbers I s =item * -Why is int() broken? +Why is C<int()> broken? =item * @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly? =item * -Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()? Trig functions? +Does Perl have a C<round()> function? What about C<ceil()> and C<floor()>? Trig functions? =item * @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ What is the difference between a list and an array? =item * -What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]? +What is the difference between C<$array[1]> and C<@array[1]>? =item * @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ How do I manipulate arrays of bits? =item * -Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes? +Why does C<defined()> return true on empty arrays and hashes? =item * @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction? =item * -How do I reset an each() operation part-way through? +How do I reset an C<each()> operation part-way through? =item * @@ -743,11 +743,11 @@ How can I use a filehandle indirectly? =item * -How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()? +How can I set up a footer format to be used with C<write()>? =item * -How can I write() into a string? +How can I C<write()> into a string? =item * @@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use E<lt>*E<gt>? =item * -Is there a leak/bug in glob()? +Is there a leak/bug in C<glob()>? =item * @@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ How can I lock a file? =item * -Why can't I just open(FH, "E<gt>file.lock")? +Why can't I just C<< open(FH, ">file.lock") >>? =item * @@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl? =item * -How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl? +How do I C<dup()> a filehandle in Perl? =item * @@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't `C:\temp\foo.exe` work? =item * -Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files? +Why doesn't C<glob("*.*")> get all the files? =item * @@ -862,7 +862,13 @@ Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines? =head2 L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions -This section is surprisingly small because the rest of the FAQ is littered with answers involving regular expressions. For example, decoding a URL and checking whether something is a number are handled with regular expressions, but those answers are found elsewhere in this document (in L<perlfaq9>: ``How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web'' and L<perlfaq4>: ``How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float'', to be precise). +This section is surprisingly small because the rest of the FAQ is +littered with answers involving regular expressions. For example, +decoding a URL and checking whether something is a number are handled +with regular expressions, but those answers are found elsewhere in this +document (in L<perlfaq9>: "How do I decode or create those %-encodings +on the web" and L<perlfaq4>: "How do I determine whether a scalar is +a number/whole/integer/float", to be precise). =over 4 @@ -880,7 +886,7 @@ How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on different l =item * -I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong? +I put a regular expression into C<$/> but it didn't work. What's wrong? =item * @@ -936,7 +942,7 @@ Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me? =item * -Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down? +Why does using C<$&>, C<$`>, or C<$'> slow my program down? =item * @@ -1041,7 +1047,7 @@ What's the difference between deep and shallow binding? =item * -Why doesn't "my($foo) = E<lt>FILEE<gt>;" work right? +Why doesn't C<< my($foo) = <FILE>; >> work right? =item * @@ -1049,7 +1055,7 @@ How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method? =item * -What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()? +What's the difference between calling a function as C<&foo> and C<foo()>? =item * @@ -1098,7 +1104,7 @@ How do I find out which operating system I'm running under? =item * -How come exec() doesn't return? +How come C<exec()> doesn't return? =item * @@ -1154,7 +1160,7 @@ How do I set the time and date? =item * -How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second? +How can I C<sleep()> or C<alarm()> for under a second? =item * @@ -1162,7 +1168,7 @@ How can I measure time under a second? =item * -How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling) +How can I do an C<atexit()> or C<setjmp()>/C<longjmp()>? (Exception handling) =item * @@ -1174,7 +1180,7 @@ How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl? =item * -Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()? +Where do I get the include files to do C<ioctl()> or C<syscall()>? =item * @@ -1186,7 +1192,7 @@ How can I open a pipe both to and from a command? =item * -Why can't I get the output of a command with system()? +Why can't I get the output of a command with C<system()>? =item * @@ -1194,7 +1200,7 @@ How can I capture STDERR from an external command? =item * -Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails? +Why doesn't C<open()> return an error when a pipe open fails? =item * @@ -1226,7 +1232,9 @@ Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as "ps"? =item * -I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my changes to be visible? +I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How come +the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my changes +to be visible? =item * @@ -1258,7 +1266,7 @@ How do I use an SQL database? =item * -How do I make a system() exit on control-C? +How do I make a C<system()> exit on control-C? =item * @@ -1286,11 +1294,11 @@ How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library search path =item * -How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime? +How do I add a directory to my include path (C<@INC>) at runtime? =item * -What is socket.ph and where do I get it? +What is F<socket.ph> and where do I get it? =back @@ -1351,7 +1359,7 @@ How do I put a password on my web pages? =item * -How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl? +How do I edit my F<.htpasswd> and F<.htgroup> files with Perl? =item * |