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| author | Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.berkeley.edu> | 1999-08-29 12:46:53 -0400 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 1999-08-30 02:57:05 +0000 |
| commit | 4a2d328fcdc90a0fcbd435b479571aad60159771 (patch) | |
| tree | 462cf5ff96f435b65c4ea7c9cbcc12daf97821a3 /pod/perlre.pod | |
| parent | d4bea2fb9d94a2ce4ff340ae9eab604f38ab2d31 (diff) | |
| download | perl-4a2d328fcdc90a0fcbd435b479571aad60159771.tar.gz | |
Use \N{named characters} instead of \C.
To: jhi@iki.fi
Cc: larry@wall.org (Larry Wall), Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk (Tim Bunce),
perl5-porters@perl.org (Mailing list Perl5)
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.005_58] Named characters in Perl
Message-Id: <199908292046.QAA05510@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4052
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlre.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlre.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod index a1a118f371..76f345de35 100644 --- a/pod/perlre.pod +++ b/pod/perlre.pod @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ also work: \x1B hex char \x{263a} wide hex char (Unicode SMILEY) \c[ control char - \C{name} named char + \N{name} named char \l lowercase next char (think vi) \u uppercase next char (think vi) \L lowercase till \E (think vi) @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ 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>. For -documentation of C<\C{name}>, see L<charnames>. +documentation of C<\N{name}>, see L<charnames>. You cannot include a literal C<$> or C<@> within a C<\Q> sequence. An unescaped C<$> or C<@> interpolates the corresponding variable, @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ In addition, Perl defines the following: \PP Match non-P \X Match eXtended Unicode "combining character sequence", equivalent to C<(?:\PM\pM*)> - \O Match a single C char (octet) even under utf8. + \C Match a single C char (octet) even under utf8. A C<\w> matches a single alphanumeric character, not a whole word. Use C<\w+> to match a string of Perl-identifier characters (which isn't |