Perl Pocket Reference

If you have a Perl programming question, you'll find the answer quickly in this handy, easy-to-use quick reference. The Perl Pocket Reference condenses and organizes stacks of documentation down to the most essential facts, so you can find what you need in a heartbeat.

Updated for Perl 5.14, the 5th edition provides a summary of Perl syntax rules and a complete list of operators, built-in functions, and other features. It's the perfect companion to O'Reilly's authoritative and in-depth Perl programming books, including Learning Perl, Programming Perl, and the Perl Cookbook..

Chapter 1: Perl Pocket Reference;
1. 1 Perl 5. 14. 1;
1. 2 Conventions used in this book;
1. 3 Features;
1. 4 Syntax;
1. 5 Embedded Documentation;
1. 6 Data Types;
1. 7 Quotes and Interpolation;
1. 8 Literal Values;
1. 9 Variables;
1. 10 Context;
1. 11 Operators and Precedence;
1. 12 Statements;
1. 13 Packages and Modules;
1. 14 Pragmatic Modules;
1. 15 Subroutines;
1. 16 Special Subroutines;
1. 17 Object-Oriented Programming;
1. 18 Special Classes;
1. 19 Arithmetic Functions;
1. 20 Conversion Functions;
1. 21 Structure Conversion;
1. 22 String Functions;
1. 23 Array and List Functions;
1. 24 Hash Functions;
1. 25 Smartmatching;
1. 26 Regular Expression Patterns;
1. 27 Search and Replace Functions;
1. 28 File Operations;
1. 29 File Test Operators;
1. 30 Input and Output;
1. 31 Formatted Printing;
1. 32 Formats;
1. 33 Directory Reading Routines;
1. 34 System Interaction;
1. 35 Networking;
1. 36 System V IPC;
1. 37 Miscellaneous;
1. 38 Tying Variables;
1. 39 Information from System Databases;
1. 40 Special Variables;
1. 41 Special Arrays;
1. 42 Special Hashes;
1. 43 Environment Variables;
1. 44 Threads;
Command-Line Options;
PERL5OPT;
#! ;
The Perl Debugger;
Perl Links;
Organizational;
Sources, documentation, support;
News, blogs, publications;
Platforms, distributions;