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perlfunc/split: fix mangled markup #23601

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions pod/perlfunc.pod
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Expand Up @@ -8484,7 +8484,7 @@ However, this:
uses empty string matches as separators; thus, the empty string
may be used to split EXPR into a list of its component characters.

As a special case for C<split>PATTERNE<sol>,EXPR,LIMIT>,
As a special case for C<split>,
the empty pattern given in
L<match operator|perlop/"m/PATTERN/msixpodualngc"> syntax (C<//>)
specifically matches the empty string, which is contrary to its usual
Expand All @@ -8499,7 +8499,7 @@ C<E<sol>m> and any of the other pattern modifiers valid for C<qr>
specified explicitly.

As another special case,
C<split>PATTERNE<sol>,EXPR,LIMIT> emulates the default
C<split> emulates the default
behavior of the
command line tool B<awk> when the PATTERN is either omitted or a
string composed of a single space character (such as S<C<' '>> or
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