Perl Pocket Reference

If you have a Perl programming question, you'll find the answer quickly in this handy, easy-to-use quick reference. The Perl Pocket Reference condenses and organizes stacks of documentation down to the most essential facts, so you can find what you need in a heartbeat.

Updated for Perl 5.14, the 5th edition provides a summary of Perl syntax rules and a complete list of operators, built-in functions, and other features. It's the perfect companion to O'Reilly's authoritative and in-depth Perl programming books, including Learning Perl, Programming Perl, and the Perl Cookbook..

Chapter 1: Perl Pocket Reference;
1.1 Perl 5.14.1;
1.2 Conventions used in this book;
1.3 Features;
1.4 Syntax;
1.5 Embedded Documentation;
1.6 Data Types;
1.7 Quotes and Interpolation;
1.8 Literal Values;
1.9 Variables;
1.10 Context;
1.11 Operators and Precedence;
1.12 Statements;
1.13 Packages and Modules;
1.14 Pragmatic Modules;
1.15 Subroutines;
1.16 Special Subroutines;
1.17 Object-Oriented Programming;
1.18 Special Classes;
1.19 Arithmetic Functions;
1.20 Conversion Functions;
1.21 Structure Conversion;
1.22 String Functions;
1.23 Array and List Functions;
1.24 Hash Functions;
1.25 Smartmatching;
1.26 Regular Expression Patterns;
1.27 Search and Replace Functions;
1.28 File Operations;
1.29 File Test Operators;
1.30 Input and Output;
1.31 Formatted Printing;
1.32 Formats;
1.33 Directory Reading Routines;
1.34 System Interaction;
1.35 Networking;
1.36 System V IPC;
1.37 Miscellaneous;
1.38 Tying Variables;
1.39 Information from System Databases;
1.40 Special Variables;
1.41 Special Arrays;
1.42 Special Hashes;
1.43 Environment Variables;
1.44 Threads;
Command-Line Options;
PERL5OPT;
#!;
The Perl Debugger;
Perl Links;
Organizational;
Sources, documentation, support;
News, blogs, publications;
Platforms, distributions;