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| author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1998-05-29 02:31:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1998-05-29 02:31:44 +0000 |
| commit | 1d2dff63f533f62282a700198c67c41dcb6ad6df (patch) | |
| tree | 7eac820768f3a944fd0395294df59cec1ad9bedc /pod/perlre.pod | |
| parent | be44fb0e48bd19a864cf6b6d066beef8e960db7d (diff) | |
| download | perl-1d2dff63f533f62282a700198c67c41dcb6ad6df.tar.gz | |
[win32] merge changes#1014,1038 from maintbranch
p4raw-link: @1038 on //depot/maint-5.004/perl: c3cf4c2be38f0215f451c3dd6cb13089e5f2329f
p4raw-link: @1014 on //depot/maint-5.004/perl: d14230f9721c31ac6e9e2fdb706c7fc95118b4e6
p4raw-id: //depot/win32/perl@1052
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod index 68ce4b9bf7..8fb582074c 100644 --- a/pod/perlre.pod +++ b/pod/perlre.pod @@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ also work: If C<use locale> is in effect, the case map used by C<\l>, C<\L>, C<\u> and C<\U> is taken from the current locale. See L<perllocale>. +You cannot include a literal C<$> or C<@> within a C<\Q> sequence. +An unescaped C<$> or C<@> interpolates the corresponding variable, +while escaping will cause the literal string C<\$> to be matched. +You'll need to write something like C<m/\Quser\E\@\Qhost/>. + In addition, Perl defines the following: \w Match a "word" character (alphanumeric plus "_") |