On 14 Oct 2002, at 16:22, iudicium ferat wrote:
> On 10/14/02 2:47 PM, "Bart Lateur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:34:19 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
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> >> This is what the flip-flop operator is for.
>
> Is
>
> $.
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> The flip-flop operator? I cannot any flip-flop operator.
I think they're referring to the '..' operator in scalar context:
In scalar context, ".." returns a boolean value. The operator is
bistable, like a flip-flop, and emulates the line-range (comma)
operator of sed, awk, and various editors....
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