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Perl by Example, Fourth Edition
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Perl by Example, Fourth Edition

by Ellie Quigley
November 2007
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1008 pages
20h 15m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 5. What’s in a Name

What’s in a Name

About Perl Variables

Before starting this chapter, a note to you, the reader. Each line of code in an example is numbered. The output and explanations are also numbered to match the number in the code. These numbers are provided to help you understand important lines of each program. When copying examples into your text editor, don’t include these numbers, or you will generate many unwanted errors! With that said, let’s proceed.

Types

Variables are fundamental to all programming languages. They are data items whose values may change throughout the run of the program, whereas literals or constants remain fixed. They can be ...

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