Polyteknisk Boghandel

Perl is a versatile scripting language, extremely useful for a variety of tasks including system administration, web programming, XML programming, and database management. In the past few years, Perl has found its way into complex web applications of multinational banks, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and hundreds of large corporations. Perl Pocket Reference, 4th Edition covers the latest release - Perl 5.8 - with a summary of Perl syntax rules, a complete list of operators, built-in functions, and standard library modules. All with brief, easy to find descriptions. You'll find the newest Perl features, such as enhanced regular expressions, multithreading, the Perl compiler, and Unicode support. A complete overview of Perl packed into a convenient pocket-sized guide that's easy to take anywhere.

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 Operator File Operations Input and Output Formatted Printing Formats Tying Variables Directory Reading Routines System Interaction Networking System V IPC Miscellaneous Information fromSystemDatabases Special Variables Special Arrays Special Hashes Environment Variables Threads Compiler Backends The Perl Debugger
Appendix A: Standard Modules
Appendix B: Perl Links
Index