Cool Perl Tricks Collection

by BenjaminGates

Posted: 15 years ago 8 replies

PROGRAMMING

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.

#collection #cool #perl #tricks

cfountain 15 years ago

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
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solidsoul 15 years ago

Anything coding seek O'Reily..
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Sofia22 15 years ago

Perl Cookbook from O'Reily!!
Good Luck, Friend!
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amerigo 15 years ago

###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 15 years ago
  
  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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  fatboy 15 years ago
  
  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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zain654321 15 years ago

For me these tricks are very much effective

1)developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Cool_Perl_Tricks
2)Perlcircus.com
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- JamesFraze 15 years ago
  
  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.
  
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