Synopses & Reviews
Revised to cover Perl Version 5.6, this quick reference provides a complete overview of the Perl programming language, all packed into a convenient, carry-around booklet.This third edition covers:
- A summary of Perl syntax rules
- A complete list of operators, built-in functions, and standard library modules, all with brief descriptions
- The newest Perl features, such as enhanced regular expressions, multithreading, the Perl compiler, and unicode supportThe Perl 5 Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition, is the perfect companion to the authoritative books on Perl published by O'Reilly & Associates:Programming Perl, Learning Perl, and the Perl Cookbook.
Synopsis
Revised to cover Perl Version 5.6, this quick reference provides a complete overview of the Perl programming language, all packed into a convenient, carry-around booklet. This third edition covers: A summary of Perl syntax rules A complete list of operators, built-in functions, and standard library modules, all with brief descriptions The newest Perl features, such as enhanced regular expressions, multithreading, the Perl compiler, and unicode support The Perl 5 Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition, is the perfect companion to the authoritative books on Perl published by O'Reilly & Associates: Programming Perl, Learning Perl, and the Perl Cookbook.
Synopsis
Revised to cover Perl version 5.6, this quick reference provides a complete overview of the Perl programming language, from variables to input, flow control to regular expressions, all packed in a convenient, carry-around booklet.
About the Author
Johan Vromans has engaged in software engineering research since 1975. Convinced of the importance of a good programming environment, he became an expert in using GNU Emacs and the Perl programming language. Recently he was instrumental in bringing the Internet to the Netherlands as a commercial activity. He currently owns his own typesetting and consulting business called Squirrel Consultancy. He can be reached at [email protected].
Table of Contents
Introduction
Command-Line Options
Syntax
Embedded Documentation
Data Types
Quotes and Interpolation
Literal Values
Variables
Context
Operators and Precedence
Statements
Subroutines
Packages and Modules
Pragmatic Modules
Object-Oriented Programming
Special Classes
Arithmetic Functions
Conversion Functions
Structure Conversion
String Functions
Array and Hash Functions
Regular Expressions
Search and Replace Functions
File Test Operators
File Operations
Input and Output
Formatted Printing
Formats
Tying Variables
Directory Reading Routines
System Interaction
Networking
System V IPC
Miscellaneous
Information from System Databases
Special Variables
Special Arrays
Special Hashes
Environment Variables
Multithreading
Compiler Backends
The Perl Debugger
Appendix A Standard Modules
Appendix B Perl Links
Index