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- anonymous
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Having no name (i.e. not being refered to by name).
- array
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Variable that can hold multiple scalar values that are accessible by their
position (index) in the array. Not a list.
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See also: the perldata manpage, index, list, element
- binary operator
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Operator that has operands on both sides.
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See also: the perlop manpage
- blessed
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See also: Linked to a certain class using the bless operator.
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See also: OO, class, bless in the perlfunc manpage
- blessed reference
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Wrong name for object because not the reference, but the referent is blessed.
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See also: bless in the perlfunc manpage, reference, object
- class
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Package that is used in OO fashion (i.e. contains methods).
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See also: package, OO
- closure
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Anonymous subroutine that uses lexical variables defined outside of it.
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See also: the perlref manpage, anonymous, subroutine, lexical
- CPAN
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Comprehensive Perl Archive Network. Central repository for core and third-party
Perl software and modules
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See also: the perlmod manpage, PAUSE, http://www.cpan.org/
- element
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Item in an array, a hash or a list.
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See also: array, hash, list
- expression
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Combination of Perl values and operators to be evaluated.
- filehandle
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IO element of a glob. A glob or glob reference can be used as a filehandle, in
which case its IO element is used.
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See also: glob, reference, the perldata manpage, element
- function
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Subroutine that is not used as a method.
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See also: subroutine, method
- glob
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Value of a symbol table entry. Contains any of the data types. Not a symbol.
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See also: symbol, the perldata manpage
- hash
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Variable that can hold multiple scalar values that are accessible by keys. Its
elements are in no specific order.
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See also: the perldata manpage, key, element
- import
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Class method used to alias package globals into the caller's namespace.
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See also: class, method, namespace
- index
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Position in a list or array.
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See also: array, list
- key
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String used to look up an element in a hash.
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See also: hash, string
- lexical
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Effective to the end of the current code block or source file. Also short for
lexical variable.
- list
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Temporary anonymous variable that can hold multiple scalar values. Not an array.
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See also: scalar value, anonymous, array
- list operator
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Operator that acts on a list.
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See also: the perlop manpage, list
- method
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Subroutine that is used in OO fashion.
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See also: subroutine, the OO manpage
- namespace
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Symbol table.
- object
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Reference to a scalar value that belongs to a certain class.
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See also: reference, scalar value, class, bless in the perlfunc manpage, OO
- OO
-
Object Orientation (Oriented).
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See also: OOP
- OOP
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OO Perl or OO Programming.
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See also: OO, the perlboot manpage, the perltoot manpage, the perlobj manpage
- package
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See also: namespace
- package global
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See also: package global variable
- package global variable
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Named variable that lives in a namespace (i.e. a glob's element refers to it).
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See also: namespace, glob
- PAUSE
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Perl Authors Upload Server. Used to upload to CPAN.
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See also: the CPAN manpage, http://pause.perl.org/
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PERL
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Nothing. Use either Perl or perl. Not an acronym.
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See also: Perl, perl, What's the difference between ``perl'' and ``Perl''? in the perlfaq1 manpage
- perl
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The interpreter.
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See also: the perlrun manpage
- Perl
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The language.
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See also: the perl manpage
- reference
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Scalar value that refers to another scalar value, an array, a hash, a
subroutine or filehandle or a glob.
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See also: scalar value
- regex
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See also: regular expression
- regexp
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See also: regular expression
- regular expression
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Pattern to match strings.
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See also: the perlretut manpage, the perlre manpage, string
- scalar
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Scalar value or a scalar variable.
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See also: scalar value, scalar variable
- scalar value
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String, a number, a reference or undef.
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See also: the perldata manpage
- scalar variable
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Variable that holds a single scalar value.
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See also: the perldata manpage
- statement
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Expression in void context that is not part of a list.
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See also: expression, list
- string
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Scalar value consisting of characters.
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See also: scalar value
- sub
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See also: subroutine
- subroutine
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Executable sequence of compiled instructions.
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See also: the perlop manpage
- symbol
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Key of a symbol table entry. Not a glob.
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See also: key, glob
- symbolic reference
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String used to refer to a certain package global variable. strict does not
allow symbolic references to be used.
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See also: the perlref manpage, string, the strict manpage, package global variable
- unary operator
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Operator that acts on a single scalar. Prototyped ($).
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See also: the perlop manpage, scalar
- undef
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Default value for scalar variables. Also an operator that un-defines something
and returns undef.
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See also: undef in the perlfunc manpage
- whitespace
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Printable characters that are not visible to humans. Usually: space, tab,
carriage return, line feed and form feed.