Pro Perl

Over the years, Perl has grown from an elegant scripting tool into a mature and full-featured language for application development, boasting object-oriented programming, a flexible threading model, built-in support for Unicode, and a thriving community. Available on almost every platform, and offeri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wainwright, Peter (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2005.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing Perl
  • Basic Concepts
  • Scalars: Integers, Floating-Point Numbers, and Strings
  • Operators
  • Arrays, Hashes, References, and Typeglobs
  • Structure, Flow, and Control
  • Subroutines
  • Scope and Visibility
  • Using Modules
  • Inside Modules and Packages
  • Interpolation and Regular Expressions
  • Input and Output with Filehandles
  • Files and Directories
  • Command Line and Shell Interaction
  • Terminal Input and Output
  • Warnings and Errors
  • Debugging, Testing, and Profiling
  • Text Processing, Documentation, and Reports
  • Object-Oriented Perl
  • Extending and Embedding Perl
  • Processes, Signals, and Threads
  • Networking
  • Unicode, Locale, and Internationalization.