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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlop.pod | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index db0563ce91..ce6fb66bc9 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -1140,9 +1140,10 @@ text is not evaluated as a command. If the PATTERN is delimited by bracketing quotes, the REPLACEMENT has its own pair of quotes, which may or may not be bracketing quotes, e.g., C<s(foo)(bar)> or C<< s<foo>/bar/ >>. A C</e> will cause the -replacement portion to be interpreted as a full-fledged Perl expression -and eval()ed right then and there. It is, however, syntax checked at -compile-time. +replacement portion to be treated as a full-fledged Perl expression +and evaluated right then and there. It is, however, syntax checked at +compile-time. A second C<e> modifier will cause the replacement portion +to be C<eval>ed before being run as a Perl expression. Examples: @@ -1169,8 +1170,12 @@ Examples: # symbolic dereferencing s/\$(\w+)/${$1}/g; - # /e's can even nest; this will expand - # any embedded scalar variable (including lexicals) in $_ + # Add one to the value of any numbers in the string + s/(\d+)/1 + $1/eg; + + # This will expand any embedded scalar variable + # (including lexicals) in $_ : First $1 is interpolated + # to the variable name, and then evaluated s/(\$\w+)/$1/eeg; # Delete (most) C comments. |