From 41805eb96d4ab7da622f82f6104ab8fa95527f33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Williamson Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 21:37:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] perlrecharclass: Fix defn of [:word:] --- pod/perlrecharclass.pod | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlrecharclass.pod b/pod/perlrecharclass.pod index 7dafc54..7478932 100644 --- a/pod/perlrecharclass.pod +++ b/pod/perlrecharclass.pod @@ -140,11 +140,12 @@ Any character not matched by C<\d> is matched by C<\D>. =head3 Word characters A C<\w> matches a single alphanumeric character (an alphabetic character, or a -decimal digit) or a connecting punctuation character, such as an -underscore ("_"). It does not match a whole word. To match a whole -word, use C<\w+>. This isn't the same thing as matching an English word, but -in the ASCII range it is the same as a string of Perl-identifier -characters. +decimal digit); or a connecting punctuation character, such as an +underscore ("_"); or a "mark" character (like some sort of accent) that +attaches to one of those. It does not match a whole word. To match a +whole word, use C<\w+>. This isn't the same thing as matching an +English word, but in the ASCII range it is the same as a string of +Perl-identifier characters. =over -- 2.7.4