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| author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1996-06-17 05:52:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Charles Bailey <bailey@genetics.upenn.edu> | 1996-06-17 05:52:31 +0000 |
| commit | 4d9142afa100a96f07b67cd4b087273df8c60543 (patch) | |
| tree | 7159e738f73405c3a5b914a5a7bf88313d4a492b /pod/perllol.pod | |
| parent | 8e449b390d9e49d234abebfc50f0caf32906c5ed (diff) | |
| download | perl-4d9142afa100a96f07b67cd4b087273df8c60543.tar.gz | |
perl 5.003_01: pod/perllol.pod
Typos corrected
Syntax clarified for optional ->
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perllol.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perllol.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perllol.pod b/pod/perllol.pod index 11632e0c97..a1e8a2deef 100644 --- a/pod/perllol.pod +++ b/pod/perllol.pod @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ instead of having to write these: Well, that's because the rule is that on adjacent brackets only (whether square or curly), you are free to omit the pointer dereferencing array. -But you need not do so for the very first one if it's a scalar containing +But you cannot do so for the very first one if it's a scalar containing a reference, which means that $ref_to_LoL always needs it. =head1 Growing Your Own @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ or even just $LoL[$i] = [ split ' ', <> ]; } -You should in general be leary of using potential list functions +You should in general be leery of using potential list functions in a scalar context without explicitly stating such. This would be clearer to the casual reader: @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ Hm... that's still a bit ugly. How about this: =head1 Slices -If you want to get at a slide (part of a row) in a multidimensional +If you want to get at a slice (part of a row) in a multidimensional array, you're going to have to do some fancy subscripting. That's because while we have a nice synonym for single elements via the pointer arrow for dereferencing, no such convenience exists for slices. |