[perl #112686] [PATCH] 50a7035 Correct variable name in example.

On Sun Apr 29 11:35:21 2012, paul@pjcj.net wrote:
> 
> This is a bug report for perl from paul@pjcj.net,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.14.2.
> 
[snip]

> 
> diff --git a/pod/perlretut.pod b/pod/perlretut.pod
> index d7e0412..a3ff6ad 100644
> --- a/pod/perlretut.pod
> +++ b/pod/perlretut.pod
> @@ -1583,9 +1583,9 @@ there are no groupings, a list of matches to the
>    whole regexp.  So if
>  we wanted just the words, we could use
> 
>      @words = ($x =~ /(\w+)/g);  # matches,
> -                                # $word[0] = 'cat'
> -                                # $word[1] = 'dog'
> -                                # $word[2] = 'house'
> +                                # $words[0] = 'cat'
> +                                # $words[1] = 'dog'
> +                                # $words[2] = 'house'
> 
>  Closely associated with the C<//g> modifier is the C<\G> anchor.  The
>  C<\G> anchor matches at the point where the previous C<//g> match
>    left
> 
> --------------1.7.5.4--
> 

Patch looks good to me.

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https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=112686

• [perl #112686] [PATCH] 50a7035 Correct variable name in example. by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• [perl #112686] [PATCH] 50a7035 Correct variable name in example. by Ricardo SIGNES via RT
• [perl #112686] [PATCH] 50a7035 Correct variable name in example. by James E Keenan via RT
• [perl #112686] [PATCH] 50a7035 Correct variable name in example. by Paul Johnson
• Re: [perl #112686] [PATCH] 50a7035 Correct variable name in example. by Paul Johnson