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Introduction to Perl : Overview & Booking
Overview
Perl is an extremely useful general purpose scripting language that provides a powerful tool
for programmers, power users and systems administrators. This course, offered in conjunction
with Mallon Associates International Ltd, provides a detailed introduction to Perl,
covering all of its core features, showing its application in analysing large quantities
of textual data and offering expert tips on how to construct effective scripts
Duration
5 days - a condensed version covering a reduced set of topics can be delivered in 3 days.
Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will:
- Understand the concepts underlying Perl, and appreciate its power as a general purpose
scripting language.
- Be familiar with the core features of the language, including variables, literals,
expressions, operators, functions and control structures.
- Be familiar with the structuring aspects of the language, including features for
object-orientation, references, subroutines and modules.
- Understand the power of regular expressions as a means of analysing textual data,
and be able to use Perl's regular expressions features effectively.
- Be able to produce formatted output from unstructured input data.
- Be able to use Perl in conjunction with other applications, either controlling them,
analysing their output or generating their input.
- Be familiar with the world wide Perl resources, to exploit reusable packages, language
updates and technical support.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with an operating environment such as Unix or Windows is essential. Some
previous experience of programming in a language such as C or C++, or even shell
scripting would be helpful
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