Documentation glitch in magic autoincrement.

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diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index 945d4f3..32eaa3c 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ you increment a variable that is numeric, or that has ever been used in
 a numeric context, you get a normal increment.  If, however, the
 variable has been used in only string contexts since it was set, and
 has a value that is not the empty string and matches the pattern
-C</^[a-zA-Z]*[0-9]*$/>, the increment is done as a string, preserving each
+C</^[a-zA-Z]*[0-9]*\z/>, the increment is done as a string, preserving each
 character within its range, with carry:
 
     print ++($foo = '99');     # prints '100'