Learning Perl, 5th Edition

Index

[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W]

packages, namespaces and

parameters, lists

     empty

     length

parentheses, non-capturing

partial-evaluation operators

passing arguments to subroutines

PATH environment variable

patterns

     anchors

     groups

     interpolating into

     matching

     parentheses

     quantifiers

         general quantifiers

     replacement strings

     test code

Perl

     acquiring

     creation of

     current state

     ease of use

     popularity

     support

Perl course instructors

Perl identifier

Perl Mongers group

Perl newsgroups

perldoc command

permissions, directories

persistence, match variables

pop operator

portability, #! line and

POSIX module

postdecrements

postincrements

Practical Extraction and Report Language

pragmas

     constant

     diagnostics

     lib

     strict

     use strict

     vars

     warnings 2nd

precedence, regular expressions

preincrements

print( ) operator

printf

     arrays and

     formatted output and

printing, sprintf function

private variables, subroutines

processes

     as filehandles

     environment variables

     exec function

     fork

     output, backquotes and

     shell avoidance

     system function

program creation

prototypes

push operator