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authorScott Baker <scott@perturb.org>2023-01-23 16:04:01 -0800
committerYves Orton <demerphq@gmail.com>2023-01-24 14:01:41 +0800
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downloadperl-fa1fe46855cd623ff0f787f3025c3c3f14cd57b4.tar.gz
Put the example after the explanation
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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 1c885489b7..83d4fb6103 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -9762,8 +9762,7 @@ X<unshift>
=for Pod::Functions prepend more elements to the beginning of a list
Add one or more elements to the B<beginning> of an array. This is the
-opposite of a L<C<shift>|/shift ARRAY>. Returns the new number of elements
-in the updated array.
+opposite of a L<C<shift>|/shift ARRAY>.
my @animals = ("cat");
unshift(@animals, "mouse"); # ("mouse", "cat")
@@ -9771,8 +9770,11 @@ in the updated array.
my @colors = ("red");
unshift(@colors, ("blue", "green"); # ("blue", "green", "red")
+Returns the new number of elements in the updated array.
+
# Return value is the number of items in the updated array
my $color_count = unshift(@colors, ("yellow", "purple");
+
say "There are $color_count colors in the updated array";
Note the LIST is prepended whole, not one element at a time, so the