Perl Fundamentals

Perl module P202

Perl Fundamentals

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module P202. This topic is presented on public courses Perl Programming, Perl bootcamp

Learning to program in Perl / Perl Programming - training course - Programming Perl - for newcomers to the language

Learning to program in Perl / Perl Programming - Programming Perl - for newcomers to the language This course introduces you to the Perl programming language. ...

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Learning to Program in Perl / Perl Programming - training course - Learning Perl - whether you're new to programming or 'converting'.

Learning to Program in Perl / Perl Programming - Learning Perl - whether you're new to programming or 'converting'. This course covers programming in the ...

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Perl Bootcamp - training course - The fundamentals of the language.

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Question on division (Java) - Also Perl, PHP, Python ...

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Perl - Subs, Chop v Chomp, => v ,

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Some one line Perl tips and techniques

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MTBF of coffee machines

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A review of the Perl basics, suitable for a newcomer to Perl who's converting from another language, and also for trainees who have never programmed before but have studied our earlier modules. This module covers writing, storing and running programs, using variables, and calculations. It also introduces string and numbers, and how Perl converts between them

This topic is presented on public courses Perl Programming, Perl bootcamp

Examples from our training material

bmi2	First Practical Program - including comments and documentation
language	Perl language fundamentals - example
mfrp	Plan ahead - write the comments first
read_write	Read a value, calculate, output an answer
rw2	Using chop to get rid of the newline

Pictures

Perl is a powerful, modern scripting language
Delegate - Perl class, Dharhan

Background information

Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.

Topics covered in this module

First practical Perl program.
Executable statements, comments and POD documentation.
Print statements.
Variables and assignments.
Calculations.
Reading data.
Strings v numbers.
String operators.

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