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References: For Newbies

by perl.j (Pilgrim)
on Oct 04, 2011 at 19:20 UTC ( [id://929647]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

perl.j has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

What do I need to know to start learning references? Where is a good (preferably free) webpage or info source to learn references? Thanks.
--perl.j

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Re: References: For Newbies
by toolic (Bishop) on Oct 04, 2011 at 19:25 UTC
      Thanks a lot everyone. Great links. This will really give me a head start. I've been getting into some more advanced Perl and I realized that if I want to do what I want to do, then I can't keep pushing off learning this.
      --perl.j
Re: References: For Newbies
by roboticus (Chancellor) on Oct 04, 2011 at 19:25 UTC
Re: References: For Newbies
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Oct 04, 2011 at 19:27 UTC
Re: References: For Newbies
by metaperl (Curate) on Oct 04, 2011 at 19:54 UTC
Re: References: For Newbies
by Lotus1 (Vicar) on Oct 04, 2011 at 19:58 UTC
      Yes I know. I just wanted to see if there was anything else and so far there is.
      --perl.j
Re: References: For Newbies
by sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Oct 04, 2011 at 22:09 UTC

    Here is an informal but simple way of thinking about it:

    “A reference is a thing (that is to say, a value that you can assign to a variable, etc.) that refers to something else.”

    You see, there are plenty of cases where we would like for a piece of data to be in two places at the same time.   Maybe you’d like to send “a massively complicated data structure” from here to there without copying it.   A reference can refer to anything.

    Dress it up or dress it down ... it is a very simple concept that really is that simple.   Start from there.

Re: References: For Newbies
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 05, 2011 at 00:33 UTC
Re: References: For Newbies
by mecrazycoder (Sexton) on Oct 04, 2011 at 20:10 UTC
    I started learning Perl from the this link and read couple of the chapters from the book Perl in Nutshell. After that I took an small project and started coding in Perl. I learned a quite a lot during that project. So best way is just learn the basics and start coding it.
    My Download manager(esp for student) in Perl. http://tiny.cc/ntdfg. Try it and provide your valuable feedback.
Re: References: For Newbies
by mecrazycoder (Sexton) on Oct 04, 2011 at 20:10 UTC
    I started learning about Perl reference from the this link and read couple of the chapters from the book Learning Perl. Both helped me a lot
    My Download manager(esp for student) in Perl. http://tiny.cc/ntdfg. Try it and provide your valuable feedback.
      Learning perl is a great stuff, but don't cover references

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