PATCH perl.pod: Suggested reorganization of table of contents

[perl5.git] / pod / perlrequick.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlrequick.pod b/pod/perlrequick.pod
index a14229c..5b72a35 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrequick.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrequick.pod
@@ -166,24 +166,31 @@ Perl has several abbreviations for common character classes:
 =over 4
 
 =item *
+
 \d is a digit and represents [0-9]
 
 =item *
+
 \s is a whitespace character and represents [\ \t\r\n\f]
 
 =item *
+
 \w is a word character (alphanumeric or _) and represents [0-9a-zA-Z_]
 
 =item *
+
 \D is a negated \d; it represents any character but a digit [^0-9]
 
 =item *
+
 \S is a negated \s; it represents any non-whitespace character [^\s]
 
 =item *
+
 \W is a negated \w; it represents any non-word character [^\w]
 
 =item *
+
 The period '.' matches any character but "\n"
 
 =back
@@ -297,18 +304,30 @@ have the following meanings:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item * C<a?> = match 'a' 1 or 0 times
+=item *
 
-=item * C<a*> = match 'a' 0 or more times, i.e., any number of times
+C<a?> = match 'a' 1 or 0 times
+
+=item *
 
-=item * C<a+> = match 'a' 1 or more times, i.e., at least once
+C<a*> = match 'a' 0 or more times, i.e., any number of times
 
-=item * C<a{n,m}> = match at least C<n> times, but not more than C<m>
+=item *
+
+C<a+> = match 'a' 1 or more times, i.e., at least once
+
+=item *
+
+C<a{n,m}> = match at least C<n> times, but not more than C<m>
 times.
 
-=item * C<a{n,}> = match at least C<n> or more times
+=item *
+
+C<a{n,}> = match at least C<n> or more times
+
+=item *
 
-=item * C<a{n}> = match exactly C<n> times
+C<a{n}> = match exactly C<n> times
 
 =back