Perl Pocket Reference Programming Tools - Jordan Vromans - Fourth - 2002 - Paperback - O'reilly

Perl Pocket Reference Programming Tools O'Reilly
4th Edition
Covers Perl 5.8

Perl / UNIX / Internet Programming

The Perl Pocket Reference is an invaluable reference for Perl programmers. This handy, well-organized quick reference condenses stacks of Perl documentation down to the most essential at-your-fingertips facts.

The 4th Edition of the Perl Pocket Reference is updated for Perl 5.8. The book covers a summary of Perl syntax rules and a complete list of operators and built-in functions. This book is the perfect companion to the authoritative books on Perl published by O'Reilly & Associates: Programming Perl, Learning Perl, and the Perl Cookbook. This pocket reference will never make it to the bookshelf; dog-eared and well-worn, it will remain within arm's reach of the keyboard or tucked in a back pocket, where it will be referred to on a daily basis.

JohanVromans 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. He was also instrumental in bringing the Internet to the Netherlands as a commercial activity. He currently owns his own consulting business called Squirrel Consultancy. He can be reached atjvromans@squirrel.nl.

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 VIPC
Miscellaneous
Information from System Databases
Special Variables
Special Arrays
Special Hashes
Environment Variables
Threads
Compiler Backends
The Perl Debugger
Appendix A: Standard Modules
Appendix B: Perl Links
Index