(Mnemonic: be positive and forward looking.)
This variable is read-only and dynamically scoped to the current BLOCK.
+=item @LAST_MATCH_END
+
=item @+
This array holds the offsets of the ends of the last successful
Used with formats.
(Mnemonic: lines_on_page - lines_printed.)
+=item @LAST_MATCH_START
+
=item @-
$-[0] is the offset of the start of the last successful match.
=over 5
-=item C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0]>)
+=item C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>
-=item C<$&> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0]>)
+=item C<$&> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>
-=item C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var, $+[0]>)
+=item C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var, $+[0])>
=item C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>
=item C<$2> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>
-=item C<$3> is the same as C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3]>)
+=item C<$3> is the same as C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>
=back
$^M = 'a' x (1 << 16);
-would allocate a 64K buffer for use when in emergency. See the
+would allocate a 64K buffer for use in an emergency. See the
F<INSTALL> file in the Perl distribution for information on how to
enable this option. To discourage casual use of this advanced
feature, there is no L<English> long name for this variable.