Get started with Perl 5 and learn the important core concepts of Perl programming such as
variables flow control expressions and I O. Additionally this book covers pattern matching
and shows that Perl is extremely flexible and powerful and that it isn't afraid of the cloud.
After reading and using this book you'll be able to start writing your own powerful scripts to
solve many web and programming problems. This is a book for those of us who believed that we
didn't need to learn Perl and now we know it is more ubiquitous than ever. You'll see that
Perl has evolved into a multipurpose multiplatform language present absolutely everywhere:
heavy-duty web applications the cloud systems administration natural language processing
and financial engineering. This book provides valuable insight into Perl's role regarding all
of these tasks and more giving you a great start in your Perl programming adventure. What You
Will Learn Perform operations on scalar values Use scalar array and associative array
variables Work with flow control statements such as if unless while until for and foreach
Read and write directly to files with file handles Use conditional expressions such as numeric
and string comparison regular expressions file testing and Perl statements Format output
with format statements Search for and replace sub-strings within a string using regular
expressions Master Perl utilities such as split join index and more Control the file system
and processes from within a Perl script Build functions for tasks including handling the scope
of variables Import existing modules into your Perl script Who This Book Is For Those who are
new to Perl.
