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Tables of Contents for Perl Pocket Reference
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Command-Line Options
2
2
Syntax
4
1
Embedded Documentation
4
2
Data Types
6
1
Quotes and Interpolation
6
2
Literal Values
8
2
Variables
10
2
Context
12
1
Operators and Precedence
13
1
Statements
14
2
Subroutines
16
3
Packages and Modules
19
1
Pragmatic Modules
20
3
Object-Oriented Programming
23
1
Special Classes
24
1
Arithmetic Functions
25
1
Conversion Functions
25
2
Structure Conversion
27
1
String Functions
28
2
Array and Hash Functions
30
2
Regular Expressions
32
5
Search and Replace Functions
37
2
File Test Operators
39
1
File Operations
40
2
Input and Output
42
6
Formatted Printing
48
2
Formats
50
1
Tying Variables
51
1
Directory Reading Routines
52
1
System Interaction
53
2
Networking
55
1
System V IPC
56
1
Miscellaneous
57
2
Information from System Databases
59
4
Special Variables
63
5
Special Arrays
68
1
Special Hashes
69
1
Environment Variables
69
1
Threads
70
2
Compiler Backends
72
1
The Perl Debugger
72
5
Appendix A: Standard Modules
77
8
Appendix B: Perl Links
85
2
Index
87