''' Beginning of part 3
-''' $Header: perl.man.3,v 3.0.1.5 90/03/12 16:52:21 lwall Locked $
+''' $Header: perl_man.3,v 3.0.1.6 90/03/27 16:17:56 lwall Locked $
'''
''' $Log: perl.man.3,v $
+''' Revision 3.0.1.6 90/03/27 16:17:56 lwall
+''' patch16: MSDOS support
+'''
''' Revision 3.0.1.5 90/03/12 16:52:21 lwall
''' patch13: documented that print $filehandle &foo is ambiguous
''' patch13: added splice operator: @oldelems = splice(@array,$offset,$len,LIST)
DIRHANDLEs have their own namespace separate from FILEHANDLEs.
.Ip "ord(EXPR)" 8 4
.Ip "ord EXPR" 8
-Returns the ascii value of the first character of EXPR.
+Returns the numeric ascii value of the first character of EXPR.
If EXPR is omitted, uses $_.
.Ip "pack(TEMPLATE,LIST)" 8 4
Takes an array or list of values and packs it into a binary structure,