| Introduction |
Operators and Control Flow |
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What is Perl? / A Sample Perl Program |
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Basic Syntax / Running a Perl Program |
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Scalar Variables / Conditional Execution |
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Looping Constructs |
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| Understanding Scalar Values |
More Operators |
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Integer / Floating-Point |
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Octal & Hexadecimal Notation |
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Character Strings |
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Initial Values |
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Arithmetic Operators / Comparison Operators |
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Logical Operators / Bit Operators |
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String Operators |
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Precedence |
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| List & Array Variables |
File I/O |
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Lists - Range & Length |
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Arrays - Initialization & Assignment |
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Array Slices |
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Array Manipulating Functions |
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Sort, Reverse, Join and Split |
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Open, Close, Read & Write on a File |
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Die Function / Status of a File |
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File Test Operators |
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Multiple Files & Command Line Arguments |
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Opening Pipes |
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| Pattern Matching |
More Control Structures |
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Match Operator |
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Special Characters |
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Anchoring Patterns |
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Substitution Operator |
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Translation Operator |
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For and Foreach Loops |
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Do…While/Until Loops |
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Last, Next and Redo |
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Continue, Labels and Goto |
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| Subroutines |
Associative Arrays |
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Definition and Invocation |
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Return Value |
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Local Variables |
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Passing Values |
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Passing Arrays by Name |
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Definition and Reference |
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Adding and Deleting Elements |
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Listing Indexes and Values |
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Looping Through an Associative Array |
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Data Structures |
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| Formatting Output |
References (Pointers) in Perl |
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Print Format |
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Value-Field Format |
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Multiline Field Format |
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Output to a File, Select Function |
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Setting Page Header & Length |
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Printf Function |
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Scalar References |
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References and Arrays |
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References to Subroutines |
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References to File Handles |
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| Object Oriented Programming |
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Classes / Constructors |
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Methods / Destructors |
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Inheritance |
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