Perl Pocket Reference Book

	Command-Line Options	2
	Syntax	4
	Embedded Documentation	4
	Data Types	6
	Quotes and Interpolation	6
	Literal Values	8
	Variables	10
	Context	12
	Operators and Precedence	13
	Statements	14
	Subroutines	16
	Packages and Modules	19
	Pragmatic Modules	20
	Object-Oriented Programming	23
	Special Classes	24
	Arithmetic Functions	25
	Conversion Functions	25
	Structure Conversion	27
	String Functions	28
	Array and Hash Functions	30
	Regular Expressions	32
	Search and Replace Functions	37
	File Test Operators	39
	File Operations	40
	Input and Output	42
	Formatted Printing	48
	Formats	50
	Tying Variables	51
	Directory Reading Routines	52
	System Interaction	53
	Networking	55
	System V IPC	56
	Miscellaneous	57
	Information from System Databases	59
	Special Variables	63
	Special Arrays	68
	Special Hashes	69
	Environment Variables	69
	Threads	70
	Compiler Backends	72
	The Perl Debugger	72
	App. A: Standard Modules	77
	App. B: Perl Links	85
	Index	87