English(3) — IRIX 6.5.3f



English(3)                                                          English(3)



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

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


DESCRIPTION
     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 the perlvar manpage for a complete list of these.



































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