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diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod index f881a3bcc7..ed9c5334b8 100644 --- a/pod/perlre.pod +++ b/pod/perlre.pod @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Perl defines the following zero-width assertions: \B Match a non-(word boundary) \A Match at only beginning of string \Z Match at only end of string (or before newline at the end) - \G Match only where previous m//g left off + \G Match only where previous m//g left off (works only with /g) A word boundary (C<\b>) is defined as a spot between two characters that has a C<\w> on one side of it and a C<\W> on the other side of it (in @@ -173,9 +173,10 @@ represents backspace rather than a word boundary.) The C<\A> and C<\Z> are 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 +you can use C<\Z(?!\n)>. The C<\G> assertion can be used to chain global +matches (using C<m//g>), 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. |