From 551e1d922a333f90a45a26904eb4d9882f7bd5d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Barker Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 12:17:38 +0000 Subject: ; was Re: Perlbug 20000322.006 status +update Message-Id: <200012221217.MAA21332@tempest.npl.co.uk> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8228 --- pod/perlrequick.pod | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'pod/perlrequick.pod') diff --git a/pod/perlrequick.pod b/pod/perlrequick.pod index a14229c303..3e29a4ac83 100644 --- a/pod/perlrequick.pod +++ b/pod/perlrequick.pod @@ -166,24 +166,31 @@ Perl has several abbreviations for common character classes: =over 4 =item * + \d is a digit and represents [0-9] =item * + \s is a whitespace character and represents [\ \t\r\n\f] =item * + \w is a word character (alphanumeric or _) and represents [0-9a-zA-Z_] =item * + \D is a negated \d; it represents any character but a digit [^0-9] =item * + \S is a negated \s; it represents any non-whitespace character [^\s] =item * + \W is a negated \w; it represents any non-word character [^\w] =item * + The period '.' matches any character but "\n" =back -- cgit v1.2.1