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@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Windows and Mac OS, read L<perlrun>.
=head2 Safety net
Perl by default is very forgiving. In order to make it more robust
-it is recommened to start every program with the following lines:
+it is recommended to start every program with the following lines:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ You can also use C<while> in a post-condition:
Exactly like C:
- for ($i=0; $i <= $max; $i++) {
+ for ($i = 0; $i <= $max; $i++) {
...
}
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ expressions. These are documented at great length in L<perlre>, but for
the meantime, here's a quick cheat sheet:
. a single character
- \s a whitespace character (space, tab, newline)
+ \s a whitespace character (space, tab, newline, ...)
\S non-whitespace character
\d a digit (0-9)
\D a non-digit