Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxviii) and index.

Perl Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for anyone programming in Perl. The first edition of Perl Cookbook was published in 1998 to universal acclaim. It quickly became known not only as one of the best books on Perl, but also as one of the best programming books for any language. With Perl Cookbook, a new type of programming book had been invented: not just a collection of tips and tricks, but a book that taught the nuances of programming.

Through real-life problems and examples. This second edition of Perl Cookbook has been expanded to cover not only new features in Perl itself, but also new technologies that have emerged since the first edition. Two new chapters have been added and many existing chapters have been expanded. In all, 80 new recipes have been added, and more than 100 older recipes have been updated to include new modules or techniques. As with the first edition of Perl Cookbook, this book covers data.

Manipulation (strings, numbers, dates, arrays, and hashes), file I/O, regular expressions, modules, references, objects, data structures, signal processing, database processing, graphical applications, interprocess communication, security, Internet programming, CGI, and LWP. Perl Cookbook has been called the most useful book ever written on Perl. It teaches programming in the most immediate way: by showing how things are done by the experts, and then explaining why they work. Perl Cookbook.

Isn't a book about the Perl programming language, it's a book about how to program in Perl. Book jacket.

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