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authorMartin Hasch <mhasch@cpan.org>2008-01-28 08:56:07 -0800
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2008-02-08 15:30:32 +0000
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[perl #50364] [PATCH] perlop.pod - misnomer in % operator documentation
From: mhasch@cpan.org (via RT) <perlbug-followup@perl.org> Message-ID: <rt-3.6.HEAD-4355-1201568166-693.50364-75-0@perl.org> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@33257
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@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ X<*>
Binary "/" divides two numbers.
X</> X<slash>
-Binary "%" computes the modulus of two numbers. Given integer
+Binary "%" computes the division remainder of two numbers. Given integer
operands C<$a> and C<$b>: If C<$b> is positive, then C<$a % $b> is
C<$a> minus the largest multiple of C<$b> that is not greater than
C<$a>. If C<$b> is negative, then C<$a % $b> is C<$a> minus the