user kennethk <p>I am a neophyte to Perl with a background in scientific computation using Fortran (77/9x). I've used Perl primarily for shredding files and database interface.</p> <p>Any original code I post on Perlmonks, unless otherwise noted, is public domain. I offer no warranties and I assume no responsibility for any problems with its use. It's free - what do you expect?</p> <p><h3>Some links that are useful for answering user questions:</h3></p> <p>If you stumble across this node and know of a node I've overlooked, please [http://www.perlmonks.com/?node_id=48824;sendto=kennethk;replytotext=Re:Links|msg me].</p> <p><h4>Content:</h4></p> <p><c>[id://172086]</c> - [id://172086]</p> <p><c>[id://510718]</c> - [id://510718]</p> <p><c>[id://174051]</c> - [id://174051]</p> <p><c>[id://542341]</c> - [id://542341]</p> <p><c>[http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/01/rubberducking_a.html|On Asking Questions of Bears]</c> - [http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/01/rubberducking_a.html|On Asking Questions of Bears]</p> <p><c>[http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html|How To Ask Questions The Smart Way]</c> - [http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html|How To Ask Questions The Smart Way]</p> <p><h4>Style:</h4></p> <p><c>[id://17558]</c> - [id://17558]</p> <p><c>[id://674668]</c> - [id://674668]</p> <p><c>[id://43037]</c> - [id://43037]</p> <p><c>[id://29281]</c> - [id://29281]</p> <p><h4>Introductory Materials:</h4></p> <p><c>[http://learn.perl.org/]</c> - [http://learn.perl.org/] <p><c>[http://perldoc.perl.org/]</c> - [http://perldoc.perl.org/] <p><c>[id://519264] in the [Tutorials]</c> - [id://519264] in the [Tutorials] <p><c>[http://www.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/|Beginning Perl]</c> - [http://www.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/|Beginning Perl] <p><c>[http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/perl/index.html]</c> - [http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/perl/index.html] <p><h4>General References:</h4></p> <p><c>[id://745674]</c> - [id://745674] <p><c>[http://perl.apache.org/docs/general/perl_reference/perl_reference.html]</c> - [http://perl.apache.org/docs/general/perl_reference/perl_reference.html]</p> <p><c>[http://www.perltraining.com.au/notes.html|course notes] offered by [http://www.perltraining.com.au/|Perl Training Australia]</c> - [http://www.perltraining.com.au/notes.html|course notes] offered by [http://www.perltraining.com.au/|Perl Training Australia] <p><h4>Interpolation:</h4></p> <p><c>[doc://perlop#Quote-and-Quote-like-Operators|String interpolation]</c> - [doc://perlop#Quote-and-Quote-like-Operators|String interpolation]</p> <p><c>[doc://perldata#Scalar-value-constructors|Using "${...}"]</c> - [doc://perldata#Scalar-value-constructors|Using "${...}"]</p> <p><h4>References:</h4></p> <p><c>[doc://perlref|Perl References]</c> - [doc://perlref|Perl References Manual]</p> <p><c>[doc://perlreftut|Perl reference tutorial]</c> - [doc://perlreftut|Perl reference tutorial]</p> <p><c>[doc://perllol|Perl List of List]</c> - [doc://perlreftut|Perl List of List]</p> <p><c>[References quick reference]</c> - [References quick reference]</p> <p><c>[http://perl.plover.com/varvarname.html|Why it's stupid to use a variable as a variable name]</c> - [http://perl.plover.com/varvarname.html|Why it's stupid to use a variable as a variable name] <p><c>[id://591878] (from [id://954])</c> - [id://591878] (from [id://954]) <p><h4>Regex:</h4></p> <p><c>[doc://perlre|Perl regular expressions]</c> - [doc://perlre|Perl regular expressions]</p> <p><c>[doc://perlretut|Perl regular expressions tutorial]</c> - [doc://perlretut|Perl regular expressions tutorial]</p> <p><c>[id://696693|some references for working with regular expressions]</c> - [id://696693|some references for working with regular expressions] <p><h4>OOP:</h4></p> <p><c>[doc://perlboot]</c> - [doc://perlboot] <p><c>[doc://perltoot]</c> - [doc://perltoot] <p><h4>Sorting:</h4></p> <p><c>[wp://Schwartzian_transform|Schwartzian Transform]</c> - [wp://Schwartzian_transform|Schwartzian Transform]</p> <p><c>[http://www.mail-archive.com/beginners@perl.org/msg01222.html|Orcish Maneuver]</c> - [http://www.mail-archive.com/beginners@perl.org/msg01222.html|Orcish Maneuver]</p> <p><c>[http://japhy.perlmonk.org/docs/pod/sorting.pod|Sorting strategies]</c> - [http://japhy.perlmonk.org/docs/pod/sorting.pod|Sorting strategies]</p> <p><c>[http://www.hidemail.de/blog/perl_tutor.shtml|grep, map and sort]</c> - [http://www.hidemail.de/blog/perl_tutor.shtml|grep, map and sort]</p> <p><c>[http://www.sysarch.com/Perl/sort_paper.html|A Fresh Look at Efficient Perl Sorting]</c> - [http://www.sysarch.com/Perl/sort_paper.html|A Fresh Look at Efficient Perl Sorting] <p><c>[id://145659]</c> - [id://145659] <p><c>[id://287149]</c> - [id://287149] <p><h4>Character sets:</h4></p> <p><c>[id://755156]</c> - [id://755156]</p> <p><c>[http://unicode.org/charts/|unicode tables]</c> - [http://unicode.org/charts/|unicode tables]</p> <p><h4>Security:</h4></p> <p><c>[id://756081]</c> - [id://756081]</p> <p><h4>Autovivification:</h4></p> <c>[id://691557]</c> - [id://691557] <p><h4>Numerics:</h4></p> <c>[http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html|What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic]</c> - [http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html|What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic] <p><h4>Quick Fixes:</h4></p> <p><c>[id://87628]</c> - [id://87628] <p><c>[id://686571]</c> - [id://686571] <p><c>[http://jdporter.perlmonk.org/cgi_course/|Ovid's CGI Course - Resurrected and Updated!]</c> - [http://jdporter.perlmonk.org/cgi_course/|Ovid's CGI Course - Resurrected and Updated!] <p><c>[id://745674]</c> - [id://745674] <p><c>[id://699932]</c> - [id://699932]</p> <p><c>[http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col39.html|Watching long processes through CGI] by [merlyn]</c> - [http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col39.html|Watching long processes through CGI] by [merlyn]</p> <p><c>[id://246455]</c> - [id://246455]</p> <p><c>[http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col20.html|Search in progress page] by [merlyn]</c> - [http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col20.html|Search in progress page] by [merlyn]</p> <p><c>[id://481745], short answer [mod://Data::Dumper]</c> - [id://481745], short answer [mod://Data::Dumper]</p> <p><c>[http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col15.html|Getting your kids to do the work] by [merlyn]</c> - [http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col15.html|Getting your kids to do the work] by [merlyn]</p> <p><c>[id://703235]</c> - [id://703235]</p> <p><c>[id://740068]</c> - [id://740068]</p> <p><c>[id://740055]</c> - [id://740055]</p> <p><c>[id://295965]</c> - [id://295965]</p> <p><c>[id://732286]</c> - [id://732286]</p> <p><c>[id://743530|CGI tutorials]</c> - [id://743530|CGI tutorials]</p> <p><c>[id://519640]</c> - [id://519640] <p><c>[id://743790|hiding source code]</c> - [id://743790|hiding source code]</p> <p><c>[id://779752]</c> - [id://779752] <p><c>[id://788328]</c> - [id://788328] <p><c>[id://668481]</c> - [id://668481] <p><h4>"Funny":</h4></p> <p><c>[id://446098]</c> - [id://446098] <p><c>[id://939930]</c> - [id://939930] <p><h4>Quotes:</h4></p> <p>Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi. -- [TimToady]</p> <p><h4>People with links I want to steal</h4></p> <p>[repellent] [turnstep] [eff_i_g] [ELISHEVA]</p> 2013-05-23 19:15:34 12541 712373 727691 1431 39°59'36.8", -105° 15'48.9" America/Denver