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diff --git a/pod/perlrecharclass.pod b/pod/perlrecharclass.pod index ee2f14d8ff..5802819c21 100644 --- a/pod/perlrecharclass.pod +++ b/pod/perlrecharclass.pod @@ -529,7 +529,9 @@ place before the bracketed class is parsed: $, = "\t| "; $a =~ m'[$,]'; # single-quotish: matches '$' or ',' $a =~ q{[$,]}' # same - $a =~ m/[$,]/; # double-quotish: matches "\t", "|", or " " + $a =~ m/[$,]/; # double-quotish: Because we made an + # assignment to $, above, this now + # matches "\t", "|", or " " Characters that may carry a special meaning inside a character class are: C<\>, C<^>, C<->, C<[> and C<]>, and are discussed below. They can be |