Cool Perl Tricks Collection

BenjaminGates · 06-24-2009, 10:16 AM

Can anybody tell me or point to what are all the interesting tricks in perl programming? I do some perl programming and liked it.
Thanks in advance for help.

cfountain · 07-05-2009, 10:41 PM

I highly recommend the Perl Cookbook from O'Reily. I have found versions of it available online at: mkweb.bcgsc.ca/intranet/perlbook/cookbook/index.htm

solidsoul · 07-07-2009, 02:12 PM

Anything coding seek O'Reily..

Sofia22 · 07-08-2009, 12:52 PM

Perl Cookbook from O'Reily!!

Good Luck, Friend!

amerigo · 07-08-2009, 01:23 PM

###just wanted to throw in one of my favorites.
###variable referencing made easy.
$foo='some value';
$bar='some other value';
@variables=qw/foo bar/;
for (@variables)
{print "$_ is $$_\n"}

xiaophil · 07-09-2009, 03:37 AM

Some people might say the best trick Perl can do is a disappearing act.

Why people persist with Perl is beyond me when there are more effective and pleasant options available which don't involve self-flagellation.

If you cannot be swayed and are certain that this is your chosen path then you may wish to seek out

PerlMonks - The Monastery Gates

zain654321 · 07-13-2009, 12:37 AM

For me these tricks are very much effective

1)developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Cool_Perl_Tricks
2)Perlcircus.com

JamesFraze · 07-14-2009, 08:17 AM

2 great resources for perl reference and code examples

perlfaq
perlfunc - perldoc.perl.org

Perl is a great language - flexible, ease of coding, modular, huge community, perfect for system administration, established, proven, tons of books, object orientated, and more.

#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
use strict;

start all cgi programs with this as a minimum, and read up on perl cgi security.

I like perl far better than any other language because you can code things very quickly, and securely if you know what you are doing.

I don't like perl because you can be sloppy, and leave huge gaping security holes if you don't know what you are doing.

fatboy · 07-24-2009, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xiaophil

Some people might say the best trick Perl can do is a disappearing act.

Why people persist with Perl is beyond me .....

Wow, got to say that opinion is one that I don't hear very often and personally can't agree with. (Just a personal opinion though, not saying your opinion is wrong

)

Must admit for web scripting Perl probably isn't the easiest options to go for, but that doesn't mean (by a long shot) its still not used a lot.

I think that 80% of my production 'behind the scenes' scripts are Perl code - and at a guess near enough all of my dev testing scripts are. Its a brilliant language to put something together really fast to see if it will work without putting a lot of work into it.

See, to make up for your non-believing I will have to go make a Perl script to please the Perl Gods!!

edit: mmm not bad for my first post - so hello everyone

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amerigo Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 80 Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Cool Perl Tricks Collection ###just wanted to throw in one of my favorites. ###variable referencing made easy. $foo='some value'; $bar='some other value'; @variables=qw/foo bar/; for (@variables) {print "$_ is $$_\n"}

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xiaophil Took The Red Pill War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Here and Now Posts: 374 Thanks: 124 Thanked 106 Times in 64 Posts Contact Info	Re: Cool Perl Tricks Collection Some people might say the best trick Perl can do is a disappearing act. Why people persist with Perl is beyond me when there are more effective and pleasant options available which don't involve self-flagellation. If you cannot be swayed and are certain that this is your chosen path then you may wish to seek out PerlMonks - The Monastery Gates

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