Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module P103. This topic is presented on public course
Perl Programming
Learning to program in Perl / Perl Programming - Programming Perl - for newcomers to the language
This course introduces you to the Perl programming language.
... http://www.wellho.net/course/ppfull.html [course] |
Learning to Program in Perl / Perl Programming - Learning Perl - whether you're new to programming or 'converting'.
This course covers programming in the ... http://www.wellho.net/course/lpfull.html [course] |
If you've finished with a variable in your program, you can usually just leave it "in situe" and it will be destroyed and the memory it occupied will ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/748_Gett ... -them.html [short article] |
# greeting - read the user name and
# echo it back in a greeting!
# input
print "please enter your name: ";
$users_name = ;
# output
print "This is a ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=p103/greeting [code sample] |
From Monday to Wednesday, I was teaching Python to a group of delegates at a company where I have previously taught Tcl and Expect and Perl. And this ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2442_Var ... pared.html [short article] |
Q:
What's the difference between % and /?
A:
/ returns the result of a division
% returns the remainder when you do a division.
Divide 18 by 7 you ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1448_Que ... thon-.html [short article] |
I'm running a Perl Course this week ... a small group, so we can look at some very interesting constructs that I wouldn't normally cover / consider on ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1312_Som ... iques.html [short article] |
This module teaches you how to store information from one operation to the next in Perl, and how to perform calculations. It also teaches you how to read information in from the user so that you can use it in your calculations.
This topic is presented on public course
Perl Programming
Examples from our training material
| ages | compare two ages |
| av2 | average of 2 ages, shows precedence and string to number conversions |
| average | Calculate and print average of 2 ages |
| chopin | Read from user, write to screen WITH FAULT |
| couple | reads two names and echos them |
| greeting | prompt and read user input |
| one_line | two names are echoed back on one line |
Background information
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Topics covered in this module
Reading user input.
What is a variable?
Assignments.
Calculations.
Precedence.
New line characters.
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