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Beginning Perl

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  • Functions as the most up-to-date beginner’s Perl book, current through Perl version 5.8.2

  • Covers what a new Perl programmer needs to know, using real-world examples

  • Surpasses the first edition; more concise and focused

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-xxx
  2. First Steps in Perl

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 1-11
  3. Scalars

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 13-50
  4. Control Flow Constructs

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 51-76
  5. Lists and Arrays

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 77-110
  6. Hashes

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 111-125
  7. Subroutines/Functions

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 127-147
  8. Regular Expressions

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 149-175
  9. Files and Data

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 177-204
  10. String Processing

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 205-212
  11. Interfacing to the Operating System

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 213-227
  12. References

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 229-251
  13. Object-Oriented Perl

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 253-285
  14. Modules

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 287-313
  15. Introduction to CGI

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 315-346
  16. Perl and DBI

    • James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
    Pages 347-383
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 385-429

About this book

Originally created as a powerful text processing tool, Perl has since evolved into a multi-purpose, multi-platform language capable of implementing a variety of tasks such as system administration, CGI and network programming, XML processing, and more. Beginning Perl, Second Edition provides valuable insight into Perl's role in all of these tasks and more.

Commencing with a comprehensive overview of language basics, you'll learn all about important concepts such as Perl's data types and control flow constructs. This material sets the stage for a discussion of more complex topics, such as writing custom functions, using regular expressions, and file input and output. Next, we move on to the advanced topics of object oriented programming, modules, CGI programming, and database administration with Perl's powerful database interface module, DBI. The examples and code provided offer you all of the information you need to start writing your own powerful scripts to solve the problems listed above, and many more.

Whether you are a complete novice or an experienced programmer, Beginning Perl, Second Edition offers an ideal guide to learning Perl.

About the authors

James Lee is a hacker and open-source advocate based in Illinois. He holds a master's degree from Northwestern University, and he can often be seen rooting for the Wildcats during football season. As founder of Onsight, Lee has worked as a programmer, trainer, manager, writer, and open-source advocate. Lee coauthored Hacking Linux Exposed, Second Edition, as well as Open Source Web Development with LAMP. He enjoys hacking Perl and has written many articles on Perl for Linux Journal. Lee also enjoys developing software for the Web, reading, traveling and, most of all, playing with his kids, who are too young to know why dad's favorite animals are penguins and camels.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beginning Perl

  • Authors: James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0665-1

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: James Lee, Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0665-1Published: 30 August 2004

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 460

  • Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Originally published with the title: Learning Pearl by O'Reilly, 2000

  • Topics: Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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eBook USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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  • Read on any device
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