Core Perl

Name: Core Perl
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ISBN: 9780130842367

ISBN-10: 0130842362

ISBN-13: 9780130842367

Edition: 1999

Authors: Reuven M. Lerner

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Perl programs can run on Mac, Windows and Unix platforms. Core Perl demonstrates how it can be integrated alongside existing programs on these platforms and many integration issues.

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 780
Size: 7.09" wide x 9.45" long
Language: English

Preface	p. xiii
What is Perl?	p. 2
What is Perl?	p. 3
When not to use Perl	p. 5
The Perl license	p. 6
Perl versions and standardization	p. 6
Perl support	p. 7
Retrieving and installing Perl	p. 7
Retrieving modules from CPAN	p. 11
Conclusion	p. 14
Getting Started	p. 16
Basic programs	p. 17
Compiler or interpreter?	p. 19
Statements and blocks	p. 20
Variables	p. 21
Scalars	p. 22
Lists and arrays	p. 33
Hashes	p. 43
References	p. 48
Lexicals and globals	p. 56
Conclusion	p. 59
Extending Your Perl Vocabulary	p. 60
Basic output	p. 61
Time	p. 65
Basic input	p. 66
Conditional execution	p. 67
Comparison operators	p. 71
Logical operators	p. 74
Order of operations	p. 76
Loops	p. 76
Sorting	p. 84
Files	p. 87
Built-in variables	p. 92
Data manipulation functions	p. 94
Running external programs	p. 100
fork	p. 104
eval	p. 107
Conclusion	p. 109
Subroutines	p. 112
Subroutine basics	p. 114
Return values	p. 115
Variables within subroutines	p. 122
Subroutine arguments	p. 127
Subroutine references	p. 130
BEGIN and END	p. 133
Signals	p. 136
Conclusion	p. 139
Text Patterns	p. 142
What are text patterns?	p. 144
Metacharacters	p. 147
Anchoring searches	p. 150
Character classes	p. 150
Predefined character classes	p. 152
Parentheses	p. 154
Grabbing parts of a string	p. 155
Substitution	p. 158
Greediness	p. 159
Options for matching and replacing	p. 160
Study	p. 164
Regexp objects	p. 165
tr///	p. 165
Substituting across multiple files	p. 167
Grep	p. 168
Conclusion	p. 169
Modules	p. 170
Packages	p. 172
Modules	p. 177
Exporting symbols	p. 181
Some example modules	p. 184
Documenting modules with POD	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 191
Objects	p. 194
Objects	p. 196
Methods	p. 197
Inheritance	p. 201
Creating and working with objects	p. 206
Conclusion	p. 216
Tying	p. 218
Tying	p. 220
Tying a scalar	p. 221
Tying a hash	p. 227
Tying an array	p. 239
Conclusion	p. 243
Working with Files	p. 244
Basic file access	p. 246
Random file access	p. 248
Filehandles	p. 251
Globbing	p. 258
Real and effective IDs	p. 259
File permissions	p. 261
suid and sgid	p. 264
Unary file tests	p. 265
Stat	p. 269
Locking	p. 270
Directories	p. 272
Renaming and deleting	p. 276
Links	p. 277
Conclusion	p. 279
Networking and Interprocess Communications	p. 282
Pipes	p. 284
Network communication	p. 293
Working with Internet protocols	p. 302
Conclusion	p. 316
Relational Databases	p. 318
What is a relational database?	p. 320
Introducing SQL	p. 320
SELECT	p. 325
Joins	p. 331
Updating and deleting	p. 332
Indexes	p. 333
Perl and databases	p. 334
Simple DBI programs	p. 338
Conclusion	p. 341
Building Database Applications	p. 344
Database design	p. 346
Writing the applications	p. 353
Debugging DBI	p. 368
Conclusion	p. 371
Maintenance and Security	p. 372
Identifying problems	p. 374
When things go wrong	p. 378
Tainting	p. 382
Debugging	p. 383
Benchmarking	p. 392
Conclusion	p. 395
CGI Programming	p. 398
Dynamic Web content	p. 399
CGI	p. 404
Error messages and debugging	p. 409
Redirection	p. 412
More CGI methods	p. 416
Conclusion	p. 418
Advanced CGI Programming	p. 420
User registration	p. 422
Cookies	p. 428
Graphic output	p. 434
Templates	p. 440
Conclusion	p. 444
Web/Database Applications	p. 446
Stock updates	p. 448
Postcards	p. 459
Personalization with databases	p. 465
Conclusion	p. 477
mod_perl	p. 480
Installing and configuring mod_perl	p. 482
Configuration directives	p. 484
Three simple handlers	p. 486
Apache:: Registry	p. 493
Useful modules	p. 493
Conclusion	p. 502
Mason	p. 504
Mason	p. 505
autohandler and dhandler	p. 515
autohandler	p. 515
Session management	p. 518
Conclusion	p. 525
Bibliography and Recommended Reading	p. 526
Perl books	p. 527
Periodicals	p. 529
World Wide Web	p. 529
Databases	p. 530
Useful Web sites	p. 530
Index	p. 533
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