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| author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1999-10-14 18:26:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1999-10-14 18:26:56 +0000 |
| commit | 62d10b704aa877d24f326d3b46b7eceb38549c98 (patch) | |
| tree | bb7074cdb37f6d588b46e78111ad41208e7536f9 /pod/perlop.pod | |
| parent | e85ca32baf0e7166244f1c18bf4a7bc84cbca758 (diff) | |
| download | perl-62d10b704aa877d24f326d3b46b7eceb38549c98.tar.gz | |
clarify significance of parens for "x" (from M.J.T. Guy
<mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>)
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4379
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index e563888c9c..6e65ba35bd 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ to the modulus operator as implemented by your C compiler. This operator is not as well defined for negative operands, but it will execute faster. -Binary "x" is the repetition operator. In scalar context, it -returns a string consisting of the left operand repeated the number of -times specified by the right operand. In list context, if the left -operand is a list in parentheses, it repeats the list. +Binary "x" is the repetition operator. In scalar context or if the left +operand is not enclosed in parentheses, it returns a string consisting +of the left operand repeated the number of times specified by the right +operand. In list context, if the left operand is enclosed in +parentheses, it repeats the list. print '-' x 80; # print row of dashes |