Name
study
Synopsis
study scalar
This function takes extra time to study
scalar
($_
if unspecified) in anticipation of
doing many pattern matches on the string before it is next
modified. You may have only one study
active at a time—if you study a
different scalar, the first is “unstudied.”
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