diff options
| author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1998-05-14 07:00:02 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1998-05-14 07:00:02 +0000 |
| commit | a3cb178b0bad32fa8be934503d051b96a3cb1fea (patch) | |
| tree | bb5ab9c595a9158c059710be33d4e5ff619bf3fc /pod/perlop.pod | |
| parent | 43051805d53a3e4c5b2185a17655cab5bedc17ed (diff) | |
| download | perl-a3cb178b0bad32fa8be934503d051b96a3cb1fea.tar.gz | |
[win32] merge changes#872,873 from maintbranch
p4raw-link: @873 on //depot/maint-5.004/perl: 990f469d529b62458be38e8659885fd26d353629
p4raw-link: @872 on //depot/maint-5.004/perl: 0b85608df162729d39cb0f96c9f88c7de0a3ceab
p4raw-id: //depot/win32/perl@935
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlop.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlop.pod | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index 5d1aae79a6..4781b7fbbe 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ the same character fore and aft, but the 4 sorts of brackets Note that there can be whitespace between the operator and the quoting characters, except when C<#> is being used as the quoting character. -C<q#foo#> is parsed as being the string C<foo>, which C<q #foo#> is the +C<q#foo#> is parsed as being the string C<foo>, while C<q #foo#> is the operator C<q> followed by a comment. Its argument will be taken from the next line. This allows you to write: @@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ C</o> constitutes a promise that you won't change the variables in the pattern. If you change them, Perl won't even notice. If the PATTERN evaluates to a null string, the last -successfully executed regular expression is used instead. +successfully matched regular expression is used instead. If used in a context that requires a list value, a pattern match returns a list consisting of the subexpressions matched by the parentheses in the |