From 521fe6911c4cc74d9f8b0db8553451c4ccf7ad7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Moritz Lenz Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:41:17 +0200 Subject: document split in void context in perlfunc.pod --- pod/perlfunc.pod | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'pod/perlfunc.pod') diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 3330b8554d..67b001dac5 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -5473,9 +5473,10 @@ Splits the string EXPR into a list of strings and returns that list. By default, empty leading fields are preserved, and empty trailing ones are deleted. (If all fields are empty, they are considered to be trailing.) -In scalar context, returns the number of fields found and splits into -the C<@_> array. Use of split in scalar context is deprecated, however, -because it clobbers your subroutine arguments. +In scalar context, returns the number of fields found. In scalar and void +context it splits into the C<@_> array. Use of split in scalar and void +context is deprecated, however, because it clobbers your subroutine +arguments. If EXPR is omitted, splits the C<$_> string. If PATTERN is also omitted, splits on whitespace (after skipping any leading whitespace). Anything -- cgit v1.2.1