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Perl Cookbook
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Perl Cookbook

by Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington
August 1998
Intermediate to advanced
800 pages
39h 20m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Index

Symbols

.ph filename extension, Problem , Discussion
“0 but not true”, Discussion , Discussion
-0 command-line option, Introduction
“1 while”, Discussion
$1, $2, ... (backreferences), Special Variables
finding duplicate words, Problem
“500 Server Error”, fixing, Problem , Asking for help elsewhere.
_ (file stat cache), Introduction

A

a escape for terminal bell, Problem , Discussion
abbreviations, matching, Problem , Discussion
accept( ), Introduction , Discussion
access_log files, Problem , Discussion
access log (web server), Behind the Scenes
access modes, I/O Operations
access to database (see database access)
addresses (email), matching, Problem , Discussion
advisory locking, Problem , Discussion
alarm( ), Solution
alarm, ringing, Problem , Discussion
Alias module, Discussion
aliases
for filehandles, Problem , Discussion
for functions, Discussion
for list elements, Discussion
&& operator, Discussion
AND functionality in regular expressions, Problem
angles in degrees vs. radians, Problem , See Also
anonymous data, Anonymous Data , Anonymous Data
Apache
log files, Problem , Discussion
mod_perl module, Solution
appendhash_demo program (example), Tie Example: Make a Hash That Always Appends
appending arrays to each other, Problem
approximate (fuzzy) matching, Problem , Discussion
arguments, subroutine, Problem , Discussion
function prototypes, Discussion , Mimicking built-ins
passing by named parameter, Problem, Discussion
passing by reference, Problem
ARGV, magic (see magic open) ...
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