You will learn:
- Understand the Perl environment
- Understand Perl syntax
- Create Perl scripts
- Understand weird Perl syntax and expressions
- Work with files using Perl
- Manage Processes from Perl
- Use simple Perl data structures
- Make decisions and control flow in Perl scripts
Course Benefits
This Introduction to Perl starts with the basics of programming in Perl. It covers the very basics of Perl programming through to the beginnings of modular coding.
Course Contents
Language Basics
- Why use Perl
- The history of Perl
- Perl environment
- Perl help
- Simple scripts
- Script structure
Variables
- Variable types in Perl
- Variable definitions
- Perl arrays
- Single values
- Interpolation
Working with Arrays and Hashes
- How to manipulate arrays
- How to manipulate hashes
- Uses of arrays and hashes in Perl
Expressions and Operators
- Perl numeric operators
- Operator precedence
- String operators in Perl
- Variable conversion
Functions
- Perl built-in functions
- Number functions
- String functions
- Array functions
- Other functions
Flow Control
- Perl loops
- Conditional loops
- Variable scope
Input and Output
- Working with files in Perl
- Command line arguments
- Working with applications
Basic Regular Expressions
- Understanding regular expressions
- Where to use regular expressions in Perl
- Simple pattern matching
Subroutines
- Making readable code
- Reusable code
- Subroutines in Perl
Report Formats
- Creating Perl reports
- Using Perl reports