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| author | Robin Barker <RMBarker@cpan.org> | 2000-12-22 12:17:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-12-22 15:29:40 +0000 |
| commit | 551e1d922a333f90a45a26904eb4d9882f7bd5d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 165f10dcbb565db453a9cfef7096b16826754211 /pod/perlrequick.pod | |
| parent | a61357a9a84c55ce0c74b8d2bbfb23900cb5bd17 (diff) | |
| download | perl-551e1d922a333f90a45a26904eb4d9882f7bd5d4.tar.gz | |
; was Re: Perlbug 20000322.006 status +update
Message-Id: <200012221217.MAA21332@tempest.npl.co.uk>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8228
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diff --git a/pod/perlrequick.pod b/pod/perlrequick.pod index a14229c303..3e29a4ac83 100644 --- a/pod/perlrequick.pod +++ b/pod/perlrequick.pod @@ -166,24 +166,31 @@ Perl has several abbreviations for common character classes: =over 4 =item * + \d is a digit and represents [0-9] =item * + \s is a whitespace character and represents [\ \t\r\n\f] =item * + \w is a word character (alphanumeric or _) and represents [0-9a-zA-Z_] =item * + \D is a negated \d; it represents any character but a digit [^0-9] =item * + \S is a negated \s; it represents any non-whitespace character [^\s] =item * + \W is a negated \w; it represents any non-word character [^\w] =item * + The period '.' matches any character but "\n" =back |