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CONTEXTS SIGILS ARRAYS HASHES
void $scalar whole: @array %hash
scalar @array slice: @array[0, 2] @hash{'a', 'b'}
list %hash element: $array[0] $hash{'a'}
&sub
*glob SCALAR VALUES
number, string, reference, glob, undef
REFERENCES
\ references $$foo[1] aka $foo−>[1]
$@%&* dereference $$foo{bar} aka $foo−>{bar}
[] anon. arrayref ${$$foo[1]}[2] aka $foo−>[1]−>[2]
{} anon. hashref ${$$foo[1]}[2] aka $foo−>[1][2]
\() list of refs
NUMBERS vs STRINGS LINKS
OPERATOR PRECEDENCE = = perl.plover.com
−> + . search.cpan.org
++ −− == != eq ne cpan.org
** < > <= >= lt gt le ge pm.org
! ~ \ u+ u− <=> cmp tpj.com
=~ !~ perldoc.com
* / % x SYNTAX
+ − . for (LIST) { }, for (a;b;c) { }
<< >> while ( ) { }, until ( ) { }
named uops if ( ) { } elsif ( ) { } else { }
< > <= >= lt gt le ge unless ( ) { } elsif ( ) { } else { }
== != <=> eq ne cmp for equals foreach (ALWAYS)
&
| ^ REGEX METACHARS REGEX MODIFIERS
&& ^ string begin /i case insens.
|| $ str. end (before \n) /m line based ^$
.. ... + one or more /s . includes \n
?: * zero or more /x ign. wh.space
= += −= *= etc. ? zero or one /g global
, => {3,7} repeat in range /o cmpl pat. once
list ops () capture
not (?:) no capture REGEX CHARCLASSES
and [] character class . == [^\n]
or xor | alternation \s == whitespace
\b word boundary \w == word characters
\z string end \d == digits
DO \S, \W and \D negate
use strict; DON'T
use warnings; "$foo" LINKS
my $var; $$variable_name perl.com
open() or die $!; `$userinput` use.perl.org
use Modules; /$userinput/ perl.apache.org
FUNCTION RETURN LISTS
stat localtime caller SPECIAL VARIABLES
0 dev 0 second 0 package $_ default variable
1 ino 1 minute 1 filename $0 program name
2 mode 2 hour 2 line $/ input separator
3 nlink 3 day 3 subroutine $\ output separator
4 uid 4 month−1 4 hasargs $| autoflush
5 gid 5 year−1900 5 wantarray $! sys/libcall error
6 rdev 6 weekday 6 evaltext $@ eval error
7 size 7 yearday 7 is_require $$ process ID
8 atime 8 is_dst 8 hints $. line number
9 mtime 9 bitmask @ARGV command line args
10 ctime just use @INC include paths
11 blksz POSIX:: 3..9 only @_ subroutine args
12 blcks strftime! with EXPR %ENV environment
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