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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 1999-10-14 22:11:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 1999-10-14 22:11:36 +0000 |
| commit | 0dfe9c83689186a0e3a524a49bf51fc000daba95 (patch) | |
| tree | b75252947a0df60ea6bad7c4aa6a2b2eddad2021 /pod | |
| parent | 1028017ab8b9674cf749da3584eec9f032360d33 (diff) | |
| parent | 62d10b704aa877d24f326d3b46b7eceb38549c98 (diff) | |
| download | perl-0dfe9c83689186a0e3a524a49bf51fc000daba95.tar.gz | |
Integrate with Sarathy.
p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4381
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index e563888c9c..6e65ba35bd 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ to the modulus operator as implemented by your C compiler. This operator is not as well defined for negative operands, but it will execute faster. -Binary "x" is the repetition operator. In scalar context, it -returns a string consisting of the left operand repeated the number of -times specified by the right operand. In list context, if the left -operand is a list in parentheses, it repeats the list. +Binary "x" is the repetition operator. In scalar context or if the left +operand is not enclosed in parentheses, it returns a string consisting +of the left operand repeated the number of times specified by the right +operand. In list context, if the left operand is enclosed in +parentheses, it repeats the list. print '-' x 80; # print row of dashes |