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diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod index a4c0a7d9de..cb3ce032d0 100644 --- a/pod/perlre.pod +++ b/pod/perlre.pod @@ -175,7 +175,11 @@ just like "^" and "$" except that they won't match multiple times when the C</m> modifier is used, while "^" and "$" will match at every internal line boundary. To match the actual end of the string, not ignoring newline, you can use C<\Z(?!\n)>. The C<\G> assertion can be used to mix global -matches (using C<m//g>) and non-global ones, as described in L<perlop>. +matches (using C<m//g>) and non-global ones, as described in +L<perlop/"Regexp Quote-Like Operators">. +It is also useful when writing C<lex>-like scanners, when you have several +regexps which you want to match against consequent substrings of your +string, see the previous reference. The actual location where C<\G> will match can also be influenced by using C<pos()> as an lvalue. See L<perlfunc/pos>. |