About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherPrentice Hall PTR

ISBN-10013020868X

ISBN-139780130208682

eBay Product ID (ePID)20038262591

Product Key Features

Number of Pages656 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePerl Programmer's Interactive Workbook

SubjectProgramming Languages / Perl, Programming Languages / Javascript

Publication Year1999

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaComputers

AuthorVincent Lowe

SeriesInteractive Workbook Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight42.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN00-500678

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal005.13/3

Table Of Content1. Getting Started. LAB 1.1 Running Perl from the Command Line. LAB 1.2 Writing Your First Perl Program. Test Your Thinking. 2. The Nickel Tour. LAB 2.1 Comments, Command Line, Environment. LAB 2.2 Keyboard and System Commands. LAB 2.3 Reading Quickly from a File. Test Your Thinking. 3. Variables: Large and Small. LAB 3.1 Identifier Names and Scalar Variables. LAB 3.2 Simple Operators. LAB 3.3 Scalars and Context. LAB 3.4 Special Scalar Variables. Test Your Thinking. 4. Arrays and Lists. LAB 4.1 Using Arrays and lists. LAB 4.2 Traversing an Array or List. LAB 4.3 Functions that Operate on Arrays. Test Your Thinking. 5. Hashes: Our Things Should Have Names. LAB 5.1 Creating and Accessing a Hash. LAB 5.2 Traversing a Hash. Test Your Thinking. 6. Tests and Branching. LAB 6.1 Truth, Branching, and the Many Faces of Nothing. LAB 6.2 Traditional Branching Constructs. LAB 6.3 Tests That Involve Numbers, Strings, and Files. Test Your Thinking. 7. Regular Expressions. LAB 7.1 Standard Regular Expression Metacharacters. LAB 7.2 Perl Extended Metacharacters. LAB 7.3 Simulating a Switch Construct. Test Your Thinking. 8. Loops (and Other Repetitive Experiences). LAB 8.1 Traditional Loops. LAB 8.2 Unusual Loops. LAB 8.3 Advanced Loop Control. Test Your Thinking. 9. Files: Outside and In. LAB 9.1 File Meta-Information (File Statistics). LAB 9.2 Functions that Manipulate Files. LAB 9.3 Opening Filehandles for Reading and Writing. Test Your Thinking. 10. Functions: Programming in Polite Society. LAB 10.1 Writing and Executing Functions. LAB 10.2 Function Arguments and Return Values. LAB 10.3 Building a Library of Functions. Test Your Thinking. 11. Ends and Odds. LAB 11.1 Using POD to Embed Multi-Purpose Documentation. LAB 11.2 Using format and write() for Reports. LAB 11.3 Using Perl Modules. Test Your Thinking. APPENDIX A: Answers to Self-Review Questions. APPENDIX B: Perl Reference. INDEX.

SynopsisThis is the Perl entry in our Interactive Workbook Series. It will teach basic to intermediate Perl programming skills for both UNIX and Windows programmers. The author, Vincent Lowe, is a Perl trainer at Sun Microsystems., Master PERL programming now Totally integrated with a FREE, state-of-the-art PERL learning Web site Learn PERL the right way-by doing PERL PERL Interactive Workbook is 100% focused on teaching the key skills you need to build rock-solid scripts and programs No frills, no phony examples... just plenty of real-world code and hands-on exercises drawn from actual experience. Master PERL variables, branching, testing, loops, system control, files, output, functions-everything you need to get results, fast Every Prentice Hall PTR Interactive Workbook is fully integrated with its own exclusive Web site, giving you all this and more: * Test Your Thinking project solutions and detailed explanations * Authors Corner: Your personal connection to this books expert author * Practice questions with instant feedback and explanations * An exclusive message board where you can interact with other students * Practical techniques for building rock-solid code * Learn through hands-on labs, exercises and projects Just the facts No endless, boring discussions here Youll learn hands-on, through practical exercises, self-review questions, and real-world answers. Exclusive Test Your Thinking, If you're going to learn PERL, learn it right: with a focus on building rock-solid, readable code that can endure and evolve as your needs change. That's how this book teaches PERL: with a focus on quality, plenty of real-world sample code -- and no frills. PERL Interactive Workbook doesn't try to teach you everything: only the key skills you need to be effective. "Learn by doing," as you master PERL variables, branching, testing, loops, system control, files, output, functions, and much more. The code samples in this book have real purpose: there are no phony variables named "foo," and no fake programs named "loopdemo.pl"! The content and lab exercises are drawn from actual experience -- and they're supplemented by bonus code and exercises on Prentice Hall PTR's Companion Interactive Workbook Web site. From start to finish, this book will teach you how to build solid PERL programs, not just "quick and dirty" code that collapses at the slightest breeze!

LC Classification NumberQA76.73.P22L69 1999