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diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index d7c52be36d..410085ffbc 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -2066,7 +2066,8 @@ X<regexp, substitute> X</m> X</s> X</i> X</x> X</p> X</o> X</g> X</c> X</e> X</r Searches a string for a pattern, and if found, replaces that pattern with the replacement text and returns the number of substitutions -made. Otherwise it returns false (specifically, the empty string). +made. Otherwise it returns false (a value that is both an empty string (C<"">) +and numeric zero (C<0>) as described in L</Relational Operators>). If the C</r> (non-destructive) option is used then it runs the substitution on a copy of the string and instead of returning the |