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perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl
This section of the FAQ answers very general, high-level questions about Perl. What is Perl? Perl is a high-level programming language with an eclectic heritage written by Larry Wall and a cast of thousands. Perl's process, file, and text manipulatio...
ETHER/perlfaq-5.20240218 - 18 Feb 2024 17:37:36 UTC
perlfaq - Frequently asked questions about Perl
The perlfaq comprises several documents that answer the most commonly asked questions about Perl and Perl programming. It's divided by topic into nine major sections outlined in this document. Where to find the perlfaq The perlfaq is an evolving docu...
ETHER/perlfaq-5.20240218 - 18 Feb 2024 17:37:36 UTC
perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions
This section is surprisingly small because the rest of the FAQ is littered with answers involving regular expressions. For example, decoding a URL and checking whether something is a number can be handled with regular expressions, but those answers a...
ETHER/perlfaq-5.20240218 - 18 Feb 2024 17:37:36 UTC
perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation
This section of the FAQ answers questions related to manipulating numbers, dates, strings, arrays, hashes, and miscellaneous data issues....
ETHER/perlfaq-5.20240218 - 18 Feb 2024 17:37:36 UTC
perlfaq8 - System Interaction
This section of the Perl FAQ covers questions involving operating system interaction. Topics include interprocess communication (IPC), control over the user-interface (keyboard, screen and pointing devices), and most anything else not related to data...
ETHER/perlfaq-5.20240218 - 18 Feb 2024 17:37:36 UTC
perlfaq5 - Files and Formats
This section deals with I/O and the "f" issues: filehandles, flushing, formats, and footers. How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this? (contributed by brian d foy) You might like to read Mark Jason Dominus's "Suffering From Bu...
ETHER/perlfaq-5.20240218 - 18 Feb 2024 17:37:36 UTC
perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues
This section deals with general Perl language issues that don't clearly fit into any of the other sections. Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language? There is no BNF, but you can paw your way through the yacc grammar in perly.y in the source dis...
ETHER/perlfaq-5.20240218 - 18 Feb 2024 17:37:36 UTC
perlfaq9 - Web, Email and Networking
This section deals with questions related to running web sites, sending and receiving email as well as general networking. Should I use a web framework? Yes. If you are building a web site with any level of interactivity (forms / users / databases), ...
ETHER/perlfaq-5.20240218 - 18 Feb 2024 17:37:36 UTC
perlfaq3 - Programming Tools
This section of the FAQ answers questions related to programmer tools and programming support. How do I do (anything)? Have you looked at CPAN (see perlfaq2)? The chances are that someone has already written a module that can solve your problem. Have...
ETHER/perlfaq-5.20240218 - 18 Feb 2024 17:37:36 UTC
perlglossary - Perl Glossary
A glossary of terms (technical and otherwise) used in the Perl documentation, derived from the Glossary of *Programming Perl*, Fourth Edition. Words or phrases in bold are defined elsewhere in this glossary. Other useful sources include the Unicode G...
ETHER/perlfaq-5.20240218 - 18 Feb 2024 17:37:36 UTC