TTEP100 Introduction to Perl Scripting Introduction Course Outline

1. Dialect Overview 

• Perl Overview 
• The Perl Interpreter 
• Running a Perl Application 
• The Perl Help System 
• Our First Perl Statement 

2. Dialect Basics 

• Dialect Basics 
• Fundamental Language Rules 
• Remarks 
• Scalar Variables 
• Printing Scalar Variables 
• Citing Scalar Variables 
• as a Scalar 
• Tidying up after Scalars 
• "Uncommon" Scalars 
• Safe Coding with Scalars 
• Scalar Operators 

3. Exhibits and List Data 

• Exhibits and List Data 
• What is a List? 
• Speaking to a List 
• Rundown Variables 
• Task 
• Recovering List Values 
• Rundown Slices 
• Uncommon List Variables 
• as a List 
• Worked In List Functions 
• The switch Function 
• The sort Function 
• The push and pop Functions 
• The move and unshift Functions 

4. Control Structures and Looping 

• Control Structures and Looping 
• Proclamation Blocks 
• The if Statement 
• The Truth in Perl 
• The unless Statement 
• The if/unless modifiers 
• The while Statement 
• The until Statement 
• The do {} while/until Construct 
• The for Statement 
• The foreach Statement 
• Altering Looping Behavior 
• The last Statement 
• The following Statement 
• The re-try Statement 

5. Hash Data 

• Hash Data 
• What is a Hash? 
• Hash Variables 
• Worked in Hash Variables 
• Worked in Hash Functions 
• The keys Function 
• The qualities Function 
• The each Function 
• The characterized Function 
• The exists Function 
• The erase Function 

6. Information/Output 

• Information/Output 
• STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR 
• More on STDOUT 
• Organized Output Using printf 
• Organization Control Strings 
• Here Documents 
• Utilizing the <> (Diamond) Operator 
• Making Data Streams