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diff --git a/pod/perlform.pod b/pod/perlform.pod index 75351b6934..7e540b8ff6 100644 --- a/pod/perlform.pod +++ b/pod/perlform.pod @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ that substitute values into the line. Each field in a picture line starts with either "@" (at) or "^" (caret). These lines do not undergo any kind of variable interpolation. The at field (not to be confused with the array marker @) is the normal kind of field; the other kind, caret fields, are used -to do rudimentary multiline text block filling. The length of the field +to do rudimentary multi-line text block filling. The length of the field is supplied by padding out the field with multiple "E<lt>", "E<gt>", or "|" characters to specify, respectively, left justification, right justification, or centering. If the variable would exceed the width @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ As an alternate form of right justification, you may also use "#" characters (with an optional ".") to specify a numeric field. This way you can line up the decimal points. If any value supplied for these fields contains a newline, only the text up to the newline is printed. -Finally, the special field "@*" can be used for printing multiline, +Finally, the special field "@*" can be used for printing multi-line, nontruncated values; it should appear by itself on a line. The values are specified on the following line in the same order as |