Learning Perl on Win32 Systems
Learning Perl on Win32 Systems By Randal L. Schwartz, Erik Olson, Tom Christiansen
August 1997
Pages: 306

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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Introduction

    1. History of Perl

    2. Purpose of Perl

    3. Availability

    4. Support

    5. Basic Concepts

    6. A Stroll Through Perl

    7. Exercises

  2. Chapter 2 Scalar Data

    1. What Is Scalar Data?

    2. Numbers

    3. Strings

    4. Scalar Operators

    5. Scalar Variables

    6. Scalar Operators and Functions

    7. <STDIN> as a Scalar Value

    8. Output with print

    9. The Undefined Value

    10. Exercises

  3. Chapter 3 Arrays and List Data

    1. What Is a List or Array?

    2. Literal Representation

    3. Variables

    4. Array Operators and Functions

    5. Scalar and List Context

    6. <STDIN> as an Array

    7. Variable Interpolation of Arrays

    8. Exercises

  4. Chapter 4 Control Structures

    1. Statement Blocks

    2. The if/unless Statement

    3. The while/until Statement

    4. The do {} while/until Statement

    5. The for Statement

    6. The foreach Statement

    7. Exercises

  5. Chapter 5 Hashes

    1. What Is a Hash?

    2. Hash Variables

    3. Literal Representation of a Hash

    4. Hash Functions

    5. Hash Slices

    6. Exercises

  6. Chapter 6 Basic I/O

    1. Input from STDIN

    2. Input from the Diamond Operator

    3. Output to STDOUT

    4. Exercises

  7. Chapter 7 Regular Expressions

    1. Concepts About Regular Expressions

    2. Simple Uses of Regular Expressions

    3. Patterns

    4. More on the Matching Operator

    5. Substitutions

    6. The split and join Functions

    7. Exercises

  8. Chapter 8 Functions

    1. Defining a User Function

    2. Invoking a User Function

    3. Return Values

    4. Arguments

    5. Private Variables in Functions

    6. Semiprivate Variables Using local

    7. File-Level my( ) Variables

    8. Exercises

  9. Chapter 9 Miscellaneous Control Structures

    1. The last Statement

    2. The next Statement

    3. The redo Statement

    4. Labeled Blocks

    5. Expression Modifiers

    6. &&, ||, and ?: as Control Structures

    7. Exercises

  10. Chapter 10 Filehandles and File Tests

    1. What Is a Filehandle?

    2. Opening and Closing a Filehandle

    3. Using Pathnames and Filenames

    4. A Slight Diversion: die

    5. Using Filehandles

    6. The -x File Tests

    7. The stat Function

    8. Exercises

  11. Chapter 11 Formats

    1. What Is a Format?

    2. Defining a Format

    3. Invoking a Format

    4. More About the Fieldholders

    5. The Top-of-Page Format

    6. Changing Defaults for Formats

    7. The FileHandle Module

    8. Exercises

  12. Chapter 12 Directory Access

    1. Moving Around the Directory Tree

    2. Globbing

    3. Directory Handles

    4. Opening and Closing a Directory Handle

    5. Reading a Directory Handle

    6. Exercises

  13. Chapter 13 File and Directory Manipulation

    1. Removing a File

    2. Renaming a File

    3. Making and Removing Directories

    4. Modifying Permissions

    5. Modifying Timestamps

    6. Exercises

  14. Chapter 14 Process Management

    1. Using system and exec

    2. Using Backquotes

    3. Using Processes as Filehandles

    4. Summary of Process Operations

    5. Win32::Process

    6. Exercises

  15. Chapter 15 Other Data Transformation

    1. Finding a Substring

    2. Extracting and Replacing a Substring

    3. Formatting Data with sprintf( )

    4. Advanced Sorting

    5. Transliteration

    6. Exercises

  16. Chapter 16 System Information

    1. Getting User and Machine Information

    2. Packing and Unpacking Binary Data

    3. Getting Network Information

    4. The Registry

    5. Opening and Reading Registry Values

    6. Setting Registry Values

    7. Exercises

  17. Chapter 17 Database Manipulation

    1. DBM Databases and DBM Hashes

    2. Opening and Closing DBM Hashes

    3. Using a DBM Hash

    4. Fixed-Length Random-Access Databases

    5. Variable-Length ( Text) Databases

    6. Win32 Database Interfaces

    7. Exercises

  18. Chapter 18 CGI Programming

    1. The CGI.pm Module

    2. Your CGI Program in Context

    3. Simplest CGI Program

    4. Passing Parameters via CGI

    5. Creating a Guestbook Program

    6. Troubleshooting CGI Programs

    7. Perl and the Web: Beyond CGI Programming

    8. Further Reading

    9. Exercises

  19. Chapter 19 OLE Automation

    1. Introduction to OLE Automation

    2. Creating Automation Objects

    3. Using Automation Objects

    4. Variants

    5. Tips and Techniques

    6. Exercises

  1. Appendix A Exercise Answers

    1. Chapter 2

    2. Chapter 3

    3. Chapter 4

    4. Chapter 5

    5. Chapter 6

    6. Chapter 7

    7. Chapter 8

    8. Chapter 9

    9. Chapter 10

    10. Chapter 11

    11. Chapter 12

    12. Chapter 13

    13. Chapter 14

    14. Chapter 15

    15. Chapter 16

    16. Chapter 17

    17. Chapter 18

    18. Chapter 19

  2. Appendix B Libraries and Modules

    1. Library Terminology

    2. Standard Modules

    3. CPAN: Beyond the Standard Library

    4. Win32 Extensions

  3. Appendix C Networking Clients

    1. A Simple Client

    2. A Webget Client

  4. Appendix D Topics We Didn't Mention

    1. Full Interprocess Communications

    2. The Debugger

    3. The Command Line

    4. Other Operators

    5. Many, Many More Functions

    6. Many, Many Predefined Variables

    7. Symbol Table Manipulation With *FRED

    8. Additional Regular Expression Features

    9. Packages

    10. Embeddible, Extensible

    11. And Other Stuff

  5. Colophon

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