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Perl Pocket Reference, 5th Edition
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Perl Pocket Reference, 5th Edition

by Johan Vromans
July 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
104 pages
2h 14m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Data Types

See the section Variables for the role of the sigils.

Type

Sigil

Description

Array

@

Indexable list of scalar values.

Code

&

A piece of Perl code, e.g., a subroutine.

Format

 

A format for producing reports.

Glob

*

All data types.

Hash

%

Associative array of scalar values.

IO

 

Filehandle. Used in input and output operations.

Scalar

$

Strings, numbers, typeglobs, and references.

perldata.

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