Name
study
Synopsis
study scalar
Description
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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