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• perl: Perl overview
• perltoc: Perl documentation table of contents (this section)
• perldata: Perl data structures
• perlsyn: Perl syntax
• perlop: Perl operators and precedence
• perlre: Perl regular expressions
• perlrun: Perl execution and options
• perlfunc: Perl builtin functions
• perlvar: Perl predefined variables
• perlsub: Perl subroutines
• perlmod: Perl modules
• perlref: Perl references
• perldsc: Perl data structures intro
• perllol: Perl data structures: lists of lists
• perlobj: Perl objects
• perltie: Perl objects hidden behind simple variables
• perlbot: Perl OO tricks and examples
• perldebug: Perl debugging
• perldiag: Perl diagnostic messages
• perlform: Perl formats
• perlipc: Perl interprocess communication
• perlsec: Perl security
• perltrap: Perl traps for the unwary
• perlstyle: Perl style guide
• perlxs: Perl XS application programming interface
• perlxstut: Perl XS tutorial
• perlguts: Perl internal functions for those doing extensions
• perlcall: Perl calling conventions from C
• perlembed: Perl how to embed perl in your C or C++ app
• perlpod: Perl plain old documentation

perl: Perl overview

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• ENVIRONMENT
• AUTHOR
• FILES
• SEE ALSO
• DIAGNOSTICS
• BUGS
• NOTES

perltoc: Perl documentation table of contents (this section)

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• BASIC DOCUMENTATION
• PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
• MODULE DOCUMENTATION
• AUXILIARY DOCUMENTATION
• AUTHOR

perldata: Perl data structures

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Variable names
  • Context
  • Scalar values
  • Scalar value constructors
  • List value constructors
  • Typeglobs and FileHandles

perlsyn: Perl syntax

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Declarations
  • Simple statements
  • Compound statements
  • Loop Control
  • For Loops
  • Foreach Loops
  • Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
  • Goto
  • PODs: Embedded Documentation

perlop: Perl operators and precedence

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
  • Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
  • The Arrow Operator
  • Autoincrement and Autodecrement
  • Exponentiation
  • Symbolic Unary Operators
  • Binding Operators
  • Multiplicative Operators
  • Additive Operators
  • Shift Operators
  • Named Unary Operators
  • Relational Operators
  • Equality Operators
  • Bitwise And
  • Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
  • C-style Logical And
  • C-style Logical Or
  • Range Operator
  • Conditional Operator
  • Assignment Operators
  • Comma Operator
  • List Operators (Rightward)
  • Logical Not
  • Logical And
  • Logical or and Exclusive Or
  • C Operators Missing From Perl
  • Quote and Quotelike Operators
  • Regexp Quotelike Operators
  • I/O Operators
  • Constant Folding
  • Integer arithmetic

perlre: Perl regular expressions

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Regular Expressions
  • Version 8 Regular Expressions

perlrun: Perl execution and options

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
  • Switches

perlfunc: Perl builtin functions

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Perl Functions by Category
  • Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions

perlvar: Perl predefined variables

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Predefined Names

perlsub: Perl subroutines

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
  • Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
  • Pass by Reference
  • Prototypes
  • Overriding Builtin Functions
  • Autoloading
• SEE ALSO

perlmod: Perl modules

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Packages
  • Symbol Tables
  • Package Constructors and Destructors
  • Perl Classes
  • Perl Modules
• NOTE
• THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
  • Pragmatic Modules
  • Standard Modules
  • Extension Modules
• CPAN
• Modules: Creation, Use and Abuse
  • Guidelines for Module Creation
  • Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
  • Guidelines for Reusing Application Code

perlref: Perl references

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Symbolic references
  • Not-so-symbolic references
• WARNING
• SEE ALSO

perldsc: Perl data structures intro

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• REFERENCES
• COMMON MISTAKES
• CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
• DEBUGGING
• CODE EXAMPLES
• LISTS OF LISTS
  • Declaration of a LIST OF LISTS
  • Generation of a LIST OF LISTS
  • Access and Printing of a LIST OF LISTS
• HASHES OF LISTS
  • Declaration of a HASH OF LISTS
  • Generation of a HASH OF LISTS
  • Access and Printing of a HASH OF LISTS
• LISTS OF HASHES
  • Declaration of a LIST OF HASHES
  • Generation of a LIST OF HASHES
  • Access and Printing of a LIST OF HASHES
• HASHES OF HASHES
  • Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
  • Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
  • Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
• MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
  • Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
  • Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
  • Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
• SEE ALSO
• AUTHOR

perllol: Perl data structures: lists of lists

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• Declaration and Access of Lists of Lists
• Growing Your Own
• Access and Printing
• Slices
• SEE ALSO
• AUTHOR

perlobj: Perl objects

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • An Object is Simply a Reference
  • A Class is Simply a Package
  • A Method is Simply a Subroutine
  • Method Invocation
  • Destructors
  • WARNING
  • Summary
  • Two-Phased Garbage Collection
• SEE ALSO

perltie: Perl objects hidden behind simple variables

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
  • Tying Scalars
  • Tying Arrays
  • Tying Hashes
  • Tying FileHandles
• SEE ALSO
• BUGS
• AUTHOR

perlbot: Perl OO tricks and examples

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• OO SCALING TIPS
• INSTANCE VARIABLES
• SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
• INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
• OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
• OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
• USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
• THINKING OF CODE REUSE
• CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
• INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
• DELEGATION

perldebug: Perl debugging

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Debugging
  • Customization
  • Other resources
• BUGS

perldiag: Perl diagnostic messages

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION

perlform: Perl formats

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Format Variables
• NOTES
  • Footers
  • Accessing Formatting Internals
• WARNING

perlipc: Perl interprocess communication

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• Signals
• Named Pipes
  • Safe Pipe Opens
  • Bidirectional Communication
• Sockets: Client/Server Communication
  • Internet TCP Clients and Servers
  • Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
  • UDP: Message Passing
• SysV IPC
• WARNING
• NOTES
• BUGS
• AUTHOR
• SEE ALSO

perlsec: Perl security

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION

perltrap: Perl traps for the unwary

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Awk Traps
  • C Traps
  • Sed Traps
  • Shell Traps
  • Perl Traps
  • Perl4 Traps

perlstyle: Perl style guide

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION

perlxs: Perl XS application programming interface

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • Introduction
  • On The Road
  • The Anatomy of an XSUB
  • The Argument Stack
  • The RETVAL Variable
  • The MODULE Keyword
  • The PACKAGE Keyword
  • The PREFIX Keyword
  • The OUTPUT: Keyword
  • The CODE: Keyword
  • The NO_INIT Keyword
  • Initializing Function Parameters
  • Default Parameter Values
  • Variable-length Parameter Lists
  • The PPCODE: Keyword
  • Returning Undef And Empty Lists
  • The REQUIRE: Keyword
  • The CLEANUP: Keyword
  • The BOOT: Keyword
  • Inserting Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
  • Using XS With C++
  • Interface Strategy
  • Perl Objects And C Structures
  • The Typemap
• EXAMPLES
• AUTHOR

perlxstut: Perl XS tutorial

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• EXAMPLE 1
• EXAMPLE 2
• WHAT HAS GONE ON?
• EXAMPLE 3
• WHAT'S NEW HERE?
• INPUT AND OUTPUT PARAMETERS
• THE XSUBPP COMPILER
• THE TYPEMAP FILE
• WARNING
• EXAMPLE 4
• Author
• Last Changed

perlguts: Perl internal functions for those doing extensions

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• Datatypes
  • Working with SV's
  • What's Really Stored in an SV?
  • Working with AV's
  • Working with HV's
  • References
  • Blessed References and Class Objects
• Creating New Variables
• XSUB's and the Argument Stack
• Mortality
• Stashes
• Magic
  • Assigning Magic
  • Magic Virtual Tables
  • Finding Magic
• Double-Typed SV's
• Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
• Memory Allocation
• API LISTING
• AUTHOR
• DATE

perlcall: Perl calling conventions from C

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• THE PERL_CALL FUNCTIONS
• FLAG VALUES
  • G_SCALAR
  • G_ARRAY
  • G_DISCARD
  • G_NOARGS
  • G_EVAL
  • Determining the Context
• KNOWN PROBLEMS
• EXAMPLES
  • No Parameters, Nothing returned
  • Passing Parameters
  • Returning a Scalar
  • Returning a list of values
  • Returning a list in a scalar context
  • Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
  • Using G_EVAL
  • Using perl_call_sv
  • Using perl_call_argv
  • Using perl_call_method
  • Using GIMME
  • Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
  • Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
  • Alternate Stack Manipulation
• SEE ALSO
• AUTHOR
• DATE

perlembed: Perl how to embed perl in your C or C++ app

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • PREAMBLE
  • ROADMAP
  • Compiling your C program
  • Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
  • Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
  • Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
  • Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
  • Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
• MORAL
• AUTHOR

perlpod: Perl plain old documentation

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
• SEE ALSO
• AUTHOR