Change 11073 by jhi@alpha on 2001/07/02 12:49:51
Subject: [PATCH perlsnap] Suggestion for mnemonic for $^N
From: "Philip Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 09:37:56 +0200
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Affected files ...
... //depot/perl/pod/perlvar.pod#67 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlvar.pod#67 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlvar.pod
--- perl/pod/perlvar.pod.~1~ Mon Jul 2 07:00:06 2001
+++ perl/pod/perlvar.pod Mon Jul 2 07:00:06 2001
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@
The text matched by the used group most-recently closed (i.e. the group
with the rightmost closing parenthesis) of the last successful search
-pattern. This is primarly used inside C<(?{...})> blocks for examining text
+pattern. (Mnemonic: the (possibly) Nested parenthesis that most
+recently closed.)
+
+This is primarly used inside C<(?{...})> blocks for examining text
recently matched. For example, to effectively capture text to a variable
(in addition to C<$1>, C<$2>, etc.), replace C<(...)> with
End of Patch.
