Overview
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)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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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.
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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
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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