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perlsyn - Perl syntax
A Perl program consists of a sequence of declarations and statements which run from the top to the bottom. Loops, subroutines, and other control structures allow you to jump around within the code. Perl is a free-form language: you can format and ind...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC
perlsyn - Perl syntax
A Perl program consists of a sequence of declarations and statements which run from the top to the bottom. Loops, subroutines, and other control structures allow you to jump around within the code. Perl is a free-form language: you can format and ind...
RJBS/perl-5.36.0 - 28 May 2022 00:26:10 UTC
perl - The Perl 5 language interpreter
Perl officially stands for Practical Extraction and Report Language, except when it doesn't. Perl was originally a language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that ...
RJBS/perl-5.36.0 - 28 May 2022 00:26:10 UTC
perl - The Perl 5 language interpreter
Perl officially stands for Practical Extraction and Report Language, except when it doesn't. Perl was originally a language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that ...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC
feature - Perl pragma to enable new features
It is usually impossible to add new syntax to Perl without breaking some existing programs. This pragma provides a way to minimize that risk. New syntactic constructs, or new semantic meanings to older constructs, can be enabled by "use feature 'foo'...
RJBS/perl-5.36.0 - 28 May 2022 00:26:10 UTC
feature - Perl pragma to enable new features
It is usually impossible to add new syntax to Perl without breaking some existing programs. This pragma provides a way to minimize that risk. New syntactic constructs, or new semantic meanings to older constructs, can be enabled by "use feature 'foo'...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC
perlop - Perl operators and precedence
In Perl, the operator determines what operation is performed, independent of the type of the operands. For example "$x + $y" is always a numeric addition, and if $x or $y do not contain numbers, an attempt is made to convert them to numbers first. Th...
RJBS/perl-5.36.0 - 28 May 2022 00:26:10 UTC
perlop - Perl operators and precedence
In Perl, the operator determines what operation is performed, independent of the type of the operands. For example "$x + $y" is always a numeric addition, and if $x or $y do not contain numbers, an attempt is made to convert them to numbers first. Th...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC
perlre - Perl regular expressions
This page describes the syntax of regular expressions in Perl. If you haven't used regular expressions before, a tutorial introduction is available in perlretut. If you know just a little about them, a quick-start introduction is available in perlreq...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC
perlre - Perl regular expressions
This page describes the syntax of regular expressions in Perl. If you haven't used regular expressions before, a tutorial introduction is available in perlretut. If you know just a little about them, a quick-start introduction is available in perlreq...
RJBS/perl-5.36.0 - 28 May 2022 00:26:10 UTC
perlsub - Perl subroutines
Like many languages, Perl provides for user-defined subroutines. These may be located anywhere in the main program, loaded in from other files via the "do", "require", or "use" keywords, or generated on the fly using "eval" or anonymous subroutines. ...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC
perlvar - Perl predefined variables
The Syntax of Variable Names Variable names in Perl can have several formats. Usually, they must begin with a letter or underscore, in which case they can be arbitrarily long (up to an internal limit of 251 characters) and may contain letters, digits...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC
perlsub - Perl subroutines
Like many languages, Perl provides for user-defined subroutines. These may be located anywhere in the main program, loaded in from other files via the "do", "require", or "use" keywords, or generated on the fly using "eval" or anonymous subroutines. ...
RJBS/perl-5.36.0 - 28 May 2022 00:26:10 UTC
perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
The normal way to run a Perl program is by making it directly executable, or else by passing the name of the source file as an argument on the command line. (An interactive Perl environment is also possible--see perldebug for details on how to do tha...
RJBS/perl-5.36.0 - 28 May 2022 00:26:10 UTC
perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
The normal way to run a Perl program is by making it directly executable, or else by passing the name of the source file as an argument on the command line. (An interactive Perl environment is also possible--see perldebug for details on how to do tha...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC
perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
Is this the document you were after? There are other documents which might contain the information that you're looking for: This doc Perl's packages, namespaces, and some info on classes. perlnewmod Tutorial on making a new module. perlmodstyle Best ...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC
perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
Is this the document you were after? There are other documents which might contain the information that you're looking for: This doc Perl's packages, namespaces, and some info on classes. perlnewmod Tutorial on making a new module. perlmodstyle Best ...
RJBS/perl-5.36.0 - 28 May 2022 00:26:10 UTC
feature - Perl pragma to enable new features
It is usually impossible to add new syntax to Perl without breaking some existing programs. This pragma provides a way to minimize that risk. New syntactic constructs, or new semantic meanings to older constructs, can be enabled by "use feature 'foo'...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC
feature - Perl pragma to enable new features
It is usually impossible to add new syntax to Perl without breaking some existing programs. This pragma provides a way to minimize that risk. New syntactic constructs, or new semantic meanings to older constructs, can be enabled by "use feature 'foo'...
RJBS/perl-5.36.0 - 28 May 2022 00:26:10 UTC
perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
Pod is a simple-to-use markup language used for writing documentation for Perl, Perl programs, and Perl modules. Translators are available for converting Pod to various formats like plain text, HTML, man pages, and more. Pod markup consists of three ...
PEVANS/perl-5.38.2 - 29 Nov 2023 16:10:36 UTC