Table of content 

Perl Introduction
Introduction
Why Perl?
Getting Perl
Anatomy of a simple script
Data Structures
Declarations
Scalars
Arrays
Associative Arrays
References to Data
Getting and using CPAN modules
Suggested Reading

Perl Introduction

October 7, 2004

This document is clearly under construction; I've laid out the general path of where this will take, and then it shall be fleshed out over the next couple of days.

Introduction

This document is intended to get you started on the path to being a Perl programmer.  Obviously I cannot cover all the details, but I hope to provide you with enough information that by the time you've finished reading this you can put together a simple script and use CPAN modules to do something useful.

Why Perl?

Getting Perl

Anatomy of a simple script

Data Structures

Declarations

Scalars

Arrays

Associative Arrays

References to Data

Getting and using CPAN modules

Suggested Reading

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