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Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlrequick.pod')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlrequick.pod b/pod/perlrequick.pod index 3e29a4ac83..5b72a35187 100644 --- a/pod/perlrequick.pod +++ b/pod/perlrequick.pod @@ -304,18 +304,30 @@ have the following meanings: =over 4 -=item * C<a?> = match 'a' 1 or 0 times +=item * + +C<a?> = match 'a' 1 or 0 times + +=item * + +C<a*> = match 'a' 0 or more times, i.e., any number of times + +=item * -=item * C<a*> = match 'a' 0 or more times, i.e., any number of times +C<a+> = match 'a' 1 or more times, i.e., at least once -=item * C<a+> = match 'a' 1 or more times, i.e., at least once +=item * -=item * C<a{n,m}> = match at least C<n> times, but not more than C<m> +C<a{n,m}> = match at least C<n> times, but not more than C<m> times. -=item * C<a{n,}> = match at least C<n> or more times +=item * + +C<a{n,}> = match at least C<n> or more times + +=item * -=item * C<a{n}> = match exactly C<n> times +C<a{n}> = match exactly C<n> times =back |