"Timothy Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I believe you want 'perldoc -f splice'.
>
> -f is for internal functions.

I've wondered for quite a while why 'perldoc <foo>' doesn't 'do what I
mean' and search for <foo> as a built in funtion, then the module.
Anyone know what the reason is?

-RN

> -----Original Message-----
> From: chen li [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:31 AM
> To: beginners@perl.org
> Subject: line command in perl 
>
> Dear all,
>
> I want to find the usage of a specific function such
> as splice. Which line code am I supposed to issue? I
> tried perldoc splice or perldoc perlfunc splice but it
> didn't work.

-- 
Robin Norwood
Red Hat, Inc.

"The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone."
-Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching

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