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--- notes:perl_cheat_sheet [2026/09/15 08:46]
216.73.216.243 old revision restored (2026/09/11 13:05)
+++ notes:perl_cheat_sheet [2026/09/16 15:17] (current)
216.73.216.94 old revision restored (2026/09/14 11:37)
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   * Comments start with # (no block comments)
   * Parenthesis are optional unless part of syntax.
-  * ''@ARGV'' contains arguments, $0 contains program name.
 ===== Numbers =====
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   * Read a line of input - ''$line = <STDIN>;''
   * ''chomp'' removes a newline e.g. ''chomp($line=<STDIN>);''
-  * Assigning <STDIN> to a list reads all input up till EOF e.g. <code perl> chomp(@lines = <STDIN>);</code>
+  * Assigning <STDIN> to a list reads all input up till EOF e.g. <code perl> chmop(@lines = <STDIN>);</code>
-  * Loop over input ($_ can only be used in this specific case) <code perl>while (<STDIN>) {
-    print "I saw $_";
-}</code>
-  * ''foreach'' can also be used but uses more memory since it reads all input into memory first.
-  * ''<>'' iterates over all files in @ARGV (or STDIN if no args) like e.g. cat/sed/awk. <code perl>while (<>) {
-    chomp;
-    print "It was $_ that I saw!\n";
-}</code>
-  * ''print'' takes list of items and sends all to STDOUT (unseparated). ''print @array;'' vs ''print "@array";'' <code perl>print <>;          # source code for 'cat'
-print sort <>;     # source code for 'sort'</code>
-  * C-like printf function %g for number auto-format,%10s, %-10d etc.
 ===== User Subroutines =====
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   $m + $n;
 } </code>
-  * The value of the last expression evaluated is returned. But ''return $a;'' can be used to return immediately.
+  * The value of the last expression evaluated is returned.
-  * A list can be returned if the subroutine is called in a list context (''wantarray'' can be used to detect list or scalar context).
   * Arguments are in the list @_ . If ''&mysub;'' is used, the parent's argument list is inherited.
   * Lexical scoped variables can be used in any block by prefixing with ''my''.
-  * In Perl 5.10 and up ''state $x;'' can be used to declare a private variable that keep state between calls.
-  * Ampersand is optional if subroutine has previously been declared or if parenthesis are used. Ampersand is not optional if built-in subroutine is being overridden.

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