=head1 NAME X<character class> perlrecharclass - Perl Regular Expression Character Classes =head1 DESCRIPTION The top level documentation about Perl regular expressions is found in L<perlre>. This ...

=over =item vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS X<vec> X<bit> X<bit vector> Treats the string in EXPR as a bit vector made up of elements of width BITS and returns the value of the element specified by OFFSET as ...

=over =item flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION X<flock> X<lock> X<locking> Calls L<flock(2)>, or an emulation of it, on FILEHANDLE. Returns true for success, false on failure. Produces a fatal error if use...

=over =item glob EXPR X<glob> X<wildcard> X<filename, expansion> X<expand> =item glob In list context, returns a (possibly empty) list of filename expansions on the value of EXPR such as the Unix s...

=over =item seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE X<seek> X<fseek> X<filehandle, position> Sets FILEHANDLE's position, just like the L<fseek(3)> call of C C<stdio>. FILEHANDLE may be an expression whose ...

=over =item next LABEL X<next> X<continue> =item next EXPR =item next The L<C<next>|/next LABEL> command is like the C<continue> statement in C; it starts the next iteration of the loop: LINE: whil...

=over =item formline PICTURE,LIST X<formline> This is an internal function used by L<C<format>|/format>s, though you may call it, too. It formats (see L<perlform>) a list of values according to the...

=over =item my VARLIST X<my> =item my TYPE VARLIST =item my VARLIST : ATTRS =item my TYPE VARLIST : ATTRS A L<C<my>|/my VARLIST> declares the listed variables to be local (lexically) to the enclosi...

=over =item scalar EXPR X<scalar> X<context> Forces EXPR to be interpreted in scalar context and returns the value of EXPR. my @counts = ( scalar @a, scalar @b, scalar @c ); There is no equivalent ...

=over =item seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS X<seekdir> Sets the current position for the L<C<readdir>|/readdir DIRHANDLE> routine on DIRHANDLE. POS must be a value returned by L<C<telldir>|/telldir DIRHANDLE...