From: Xavier Noria Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:27:30 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Re: small addition to $, and $\ in perlvar.pod X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d6584ed888482007614ade158c6741c0c11763fd;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Re: small addition to $, and $\ in perlvar.pod Message-Id: <7CA83392-70CD-4AC8-AA44-D94F508BB028@hashref.com> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@25780 --- diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index b001378..dbc82ec 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -411,12 +411,9 @@ for that. (Mnemonic: when you want your pipes to be piping hot.) =item $, -The output field separator for the print operator. Ordinarily the -print operator simply prints out its arguments without further -adornment. To get behavior more like B, set this variable as -you would set B's OFS variable to specify what is printed -between fields. (Mnemonic: what is printed when there is a "," in -your print statement.) +The output field separator for the print operator. If defined, this +value is printed between each of print's arguments. Default is C. +(Mnemonic: what is printed when there is a "," in your print statement.) =item IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR @@ -426,14 +423,10 @@ your print statement.) =item $\ -The output record separator for the print operator. Ordinarily the -print operator simply prints out its arguments as is, with no -trailing newline or other end-of-record string added. To get -behavior more like B, set this variable as you would set -B's ORS variable to specify what is printed at the end of the -print. (Mnemonic: you set C<$\> instead of adding "\n" at the -end of the print. Also, it's just like C<$/>, but it's what you -get "back" from Perl.) +The output record separator for the print operator. If defined, this +value is printed after the last of print's arguments. Default is C. +(Mnemonic: you set C<$\> instead of adding "\n" at the end of the print. +Also, it's just like C<$/>, but it's what you get "back" from Perl.) =item $LIST_SEPARATOR