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| author | Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com> | 1997-04-03 08:34:15 +1200 |
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| committer | Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> | 1997-04-03 10:03:25 +1200 |
| commit | 4a6725af9146bd7faaa10aa5429ff009d393fd6d (patch) | |
| tree | a3ce04fc20ee3f1d40bff76887a2a86aeab52ddf /pod/perlvar.pod | |
| parent | 203c3eeca2516d7ec08a0618594a5440ce517675 (diff) | |
| download | perl-4a6725af9146bd7faaa10aa5429ff009d393fd6d.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index b569465d15..00b97bad1e 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ This variable is read-only. =item $* -Set to 1 to do multiline matching within a string, 0 to tell Perl +Set to 1 to do multi-line matching within a string, 0 to tell Perl that it can assume that strings contain a single line, for the purpose of optimizing pattern matches. Pattern matches on strings containing multiple newlines can produce confusing results when "C<$*>" is 0. Default @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ number.) The input record separator, newline by default. Works like B<awk>'s RS variable, including treating empty lines as delimiters if set to the null string. (Note: An empty line cannot contain any spaces or tabs.) -You may set it to a multicharacter string to match a multicharacter +You may set it to a multi-character string to match a multi-character delimiter, or to C<undef> to read to end of file. Note that setting it to C<"\n\n"> means something slightly different than setting it to C<"">, if the file contains consecutive empty lines. Setting it to |