Perl 101 (part 6) - The Perl Toolbox

http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Perl/Perl101_6/page4.html


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I read the article and I must say it is well organized. I was wondering what level of programmers is this article geared to. In the future will there be articles geared to programmers with more knowledge and experience.
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Basim

Hello,

I am visiting the page for Part 6 of this series and I see no content other than an introductory paragraph. Where is the lesson?

Mike

After looking at various other sites and a Perl book, this tutorial was by far more understandable.

I agree with Bob. This tutorial is excellent in setting a good basic foundation for writing perl scripts. Other books will only augment this.

I am using this course as a refresher and generally find it easy to read.
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However, there do seem to be some lapses in accuracy.
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For example,
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*****$line =~ s/a/e/gi;
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When I use this regex
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'Angry young man' becomes 'engry young men' not 'Engry young men' as quoted in your lesson.

I also found the Angry young man converted to engry, not Engry. Even after pasting the code directly.
Otherwise, this is the best tutorial on PERL I've ever seen. - by far.

Perl 101 \(part 6\) - The Perl Toolbox

This time, Perl 101 visits some of Perl's more useful in-built functions, and teaches you the basics of pattern matching and substitution. Also included is a list of common string and math functions, together with examples of how to use them. Click for full article.

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