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| author | ven <vendethiel@hotmail.fr> | 2015-07-28 10:27:19 +0200 |
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| committer | ven <vendethiel@hotmail.fr> | 2015-07-28 10:27:19 +0200 |
| commit | 6e0f13532dca0f18c504f96dd9cd71d7a592aafa (patch) | |
| tree | 382e210a4327484073bc3507c65ea4320137d8c4 /perl.html.markdown | |
| parent | a255cbe26ed165f586e5c61ea316fcf6c26f4824 (diff) | |
| parent | e4931ee126a23a851c6a2ab474e84996e1b28f3e (diff) | |
Merge pull request #1150 from a3f/patch-1
Fixed misinfo regarding sigils
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| -rw-r--r-- | perl.html.markdown | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/perl.html.markdown b/perl.html.markdown index 3c0699ad..4e172406 100644 --- a/perl.html.markdown +++ b/perl.html.markdown @@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 25 years Perl 5 runs on over 100 platforms from portables to mainframes and is suitable for both rapid prototyping and large scale development projects. ```perl -# Single line comments start with a number symbol. +# Single line comments start with a number sign. #### Perl variable types -# Variables begin with the $ symbol. +# Variables begin with a sigil, which is a symbol showing the type. # A valid variable name starts with a letter or underscore, # followed by any number of letters, numbers, or underscores. -### Perl has three main variable types: scalars, arrays, and hashes. +### Perl has three main variable types: $scalar, @array, and %hash. ## Scalars # A scalar represents a single value: |