COMP 2400 Software Tools

Goals: Understand

• substitute with s/oldpattern/newpattern/ and translate with  tr
• substr
• Associate Arrays or Hashes
  • Key and Values
  • foreach with keys and values
  • Environment variables (as they relate to hashes)

Useful commands/tips:

• to see what various key-value settings are for your terminal type print %ENV from your Perl script. 

Useful Links:

• Perl Book

Online Tutorial:

• Perl introductory tutorial