On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, at 7:52pm, mike ledoux wrote: > So, if I'm in a rush (usually), and I need to figure out what someone > else's unreadable Perl does, where should I be looking?
For variables, try 'man perlvar' (or 'perldoc perlvar', if you prefer). Another very useful reference is 'man perlre' (for regular expressions). There are a whole bunch more. 'man perl' will give you a nice list of topics, and 'man perltoc' will give you a grep'able keyword index. (Yes, Derek, this is not immediately obvious. ;-) HTH! -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss