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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-10-29 16:00:04 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-10-29 16:00:04 (GMT)
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-rw-r--r--doc/return.n6
-rw-r--r--doc/switch.n7
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/return.n b/doc/return.n
index 6e6ba03..b6f6f37 100644
--- a/doc/return.n
+++ b/doc/return.n
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: return.n,v 1.17 2007/10/29 11:28:50 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: return.n,v 1.18 2007/10/29 16:00:04 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH return n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ evaluation to terminate without evaluating all commands in sequence.
Some of Tcl's built-in commands evaluate scripts as part of their
functioning. These commands can make use of exceptional return
codes to enable special features. For example, the built-in
-Tcl commands that provide loops -- such as \fBwhile\fR, \fBfor\fR,
-and \fBforeach\fR -- evaluate a script that is the body of the
+Tcl commands that provide loops \(em such as \fBwhile\fR, \fBfor\fR,
+and \fBforeach\fR \(em evaluate a script that is the body of the
loop. If evaluation of the loop body returns the return code
of \fBTCL_BREAK\fR or \fBTCL_CONTINUE\fR, the loop command can react in such
a way as to give the \fBbreak\fR and \fBcontinue\fR commands
diff --git a/doc/switch.n b/doc/switch.n
index 554eb6f..62db89b 100644
--- a/doc/switch.n
+++ b/doc/switch.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: switch.n,v 1.14 2007/10/29 01:42:19 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: switch.n,v 1.15 2007/10/29 16:00:04 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH switch n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ switch \- Evaluate one of several scripts, depending on a given value
.sp
\fBswitch \fR?\fIoptions\fR?\fI string \fR{\fIpattern body \fR?\fIpattern body \fR...?}
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The \fBswitch\fR command matches its \fIstring\fR argument against each of
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ last) is taken. This example has a result of \fI3\fR:
When matching against regular expressions, information about what
exactly matched is easily obtained using the \fB\-matchvar\fR option:
.CS
-\fBswitch\fR -regexp -matchvar foo -- $bar {
+\fBswitch\fR \-regexp \-matchvar foo \-\- $bar {
a(b*)c {
puts "Found [string length [lindex $foo 1]] 'b's"
}
@@ -168,9 +167,7 @@ exactly matched is easily obtained using the \fB\-matchvar\fR option:
}
.CE
.VE 8.5
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
for(n), if(n), regexp(n)
-
.SH KEYWORDS
switch, match, regular expression