Introduction -- Scalar data -- Lists and arrays -- Subroutines -- Input and output -- Hashes -- In the world of regular expressions -- Matching with regular expressions -- Processing text with regular expressions -- More coded structures -- Perl modules -- File tests -- Directory operations -- Strings and sorting -- Smart matching and given-when -- Process management -- Some advanced Perl techniques -- A. Exercise answers -- B. Beyond the Llama -- C.A Unicode primer.
Note
Includes index.
Summary
This 6th edition covers recent changes to the Perl language up to version 5.14. It teaches you the basics and shows you how to write programs up to 128 lines long -- roughly the size of 90% of the Perl programs in use today. Each chapter includes exercises to help you practice what you've just learned.
