Material Covered

The material covered in this book is designed to prepare the reader to enter the world of Perl programming. This book covers the basic data and control structures of Perl, as well as the philosophies behind Perl programming. The native search patterns used in Perl, called regular expressions, are introduced and discussed.

The Second Edition of this book builds on the First Edition by adding chapers on the concepts of Input and Output in Perl.

These concepts are introduced through the use of examples. It is hoped that readers find these examples fun.