reset - clear all variables of a given name

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# NAME

reset - clear all variables of a given name

# SYNOPSIS

reset EXPR

reset

# DESCRIPTION

Generally used in a `continue` block at the end of a loop to clear variables and reset `??` searches so that they work again. The expression is interpreted as a list of single characters (hyphens allowed for ranges). All variables and arrays beginning with one of those letters are reset to their pristine state. If the expression is omitted, one-match searches (`?pattern?`) are reset to match again. Resets only variables or searches in the current package. Always returns 1. Examples:

        reset 'X';          # reset all X variables
        reset 'a-z';        # reset lower case variables
        reset;              # just reset ?one-time? searches

Resetting `"A-Z"` is not recommended because you'll wipe out your `@ARGV` and `@INC` arrays and your `%ENV` hash. Resets only package variables--lexical variables are unaffected, but they clean themselves up on scope exit anyway, so you'll probably want to use them instead. See my in the perlfunc manpage.

reset - clear all variables of a given name