Perl

Regular expresssion substitutions in Perl

Substitutions using regular expressions are perhaps the most powerful tool at your disposal when dealing with text. In this primer, Builder AU's Nick Gibson will get you up to speed on using substitutions in Perl. Read more »

Perl: Matching using regular expressions

A quick run down on how you can use regular expressions in your own programs to give you more power over searching and substituting text. Read more »

Special shortcuts in Perl

Perl programs are renowned for their brevity; an experienced perl programmer can do a lot in a small space. Builder AU's Nick Gibson will show you how this is possible through the use of perl's special variables. Read more »

Demystifying Perl with cog

Jose Castro is a Perl Monger community leader in Portugal and is quite the obfuscater and golfer. We caught up with him at OSDC and discussed Perl, Portugal and the future. Read more »

Perl 101

Perl is commonly referred to as 'duct tape of the Internet'. Get Perl into your toolbox by following this introduction by Nick Gibson. Read more »

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Obtain user, group, and process information in Perl

This document lists the important functions in the Perl library designed specifically to provide user, group, and process information, with recommendations on where each should be used and working code samples to help you on your way. Read more »

Generate stronger random passwords with Perl

This article will show you how to generate random passwords automatically using specialised Perl modules. Read more »

Perl functions 101

In this article we explore some of the most useful Perl functions for manipulating arrays and hashes, how each one works, and when it should be used. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Damian Conway

Builder AU recently caught up with the Australian Perl guru to talk about Perl 6, his reasons for choosing Perl, PHP, and the upcoming Open Source Developers Conference in Melbourne. Read more »

Benchmarking Perl scripts with Benchmark.pm

Ever wondered just how fast Perl is? One of the tools at our disposal is the Perl Benchmark module, which lets you test the speed of a Perl script. Read more »

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