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by root (Monk)
on Dec 23, 1999 at 00:49 UTC ( [id://1106]=perlfunc: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

lib:English

See the current Perl documentation for lib:English.

Here is our local, out-dated (pre-5.6) version:


English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables



    use English;
    ...
    if ($ERRNO =~ /denied/) { ... }



This module provides aliases for the built-in variables whose names no one seems to like to read. Variables with side-effects which get triggered just by accessing them (like $0) will still be affected.

For those variables that have an awk version, both long and short English alternatives are provided. For example, the $/ variable can be referred to either $RS or $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR if you are using the English module.

See perlvar for a complete list of these.


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