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a command (debugger) : Debugger Commands
-A file test operator : Named Unary and File Test Operators
\A (string boundary)
The rules of regular expression matching
The fine print
-a switch, perl
Global Special Arrays
Switches
a2p program
a2p
Translation from Awk and Sed
abbrev( ) : Text::Abbrev--Create an Abbreviation Table from a List
abbreviations (see aliases)
abs function : abs
absolute value : abs
accept function : accept
access time, file
stat
utime
$ACCUMULATOR (see $^A variable)
adding additional array elements
push
unshift
additive operators : Additive Operators
address-of operator (in C) : C Operators Missing from Perl
addresses
getting from hostnames
gethostbyname
getnetbyname
network, translating to names
gethostbyaddr
getnetbyaddr
packed sockaddr : getsockname
alarm function : alarm
aliases
GetOptions( ) and : Aliases and abbreviations
symbol table entries : Typeglobs and Filehandles
alternatives, matching
The regular expression bestiary
The rules of regular expression matching
ampersand (see &)
anchors
Nailing Things Down
The rules of regular expression matching
AND (&) operator : Bitwise Operators
AND (&&) operator : C-style Logical (Short Circuit) Operators
and operator
Logical and, or, not, and xor
Programming with Style
angle brackets (see <; >)
angle operator
Line input (angle) operator
Switches
anonymous
array composer : The Anonymous Array Composer
FTP : Using Anonymous FTP
hash composer : The Anonymous Hash Composer
pipes : Anonymous pipes
scalars : Tying Scalars
subroutine composer : The Anonymous Subroutine Composer
subroutines : Subroutines
AnyDBM_File module : AnyDBM_File--Provide Framework for Multiple DBMs
apostrophe (see ')
appending elements to arrays : push
arctangents : atan2
$ARG (see $_ variable)
@ARGV array
Line input (angle) operator
Global Special Arrays
Getopt::Long--Extended Processing of Command-Line Options
ARGV filehandle : Global Special Filehandles
$ARGV variable : Global Special Variables
arithmetic operators
Arithmetic Operators
Ideographic Unary Operators
Overloadable operations
arrays
Pluralities
Built-in Data Types
anonymous, references to : The Anonymous Array Composer
appending elements to : push
associative (see hashes)
in awk : a2p
deleting elements of
pop
shift
splice
first element of : Global Special Variables
global : Global Special Arrays
of hashes, code for : Arrays of Hashes
initializing with x operator : Multiplicative Operators
last element of : List Values and Arrays
length of : List Values and Arrays
lists and : List Values and Arrays
multidimensional
A Brief Tutorial: Manipulating Lists of Lists
Arrays of Arrays
names for : Variables
performance and : Time Efficiency
pop function and : pop
prepending elements to : unshift
replacing/removing elements : splice
subscript separator (see $; variable)
typing : Tying Arrays
variables of : Interpolating array values
@_ (see @_ array)
arrow (->) operator
The Arrow Operator
Using the Arrow Operator
Object-Oriented Scaling Tips
artificial languages : Natural and Artificial Languages
ASCII
converting POD data to : Pod::Text--Convert POD Data to Formatted ASCII Text
converting to characters : chr
values for characters : ord
assertions : The rules of regular expression matching
assigning to lists : List Values and Arrays
assignment operators
Assignment Operators
Assignment Operators
Previous Perl Traps
associative arrays (see hashes)
associativity : Operators
asterisk (see *)
at sign (see @)
atan function : atan2
$atime file statistic : stat
atoms
The regular expression bestiary
The rules of regular expression matching
autodecrement (- -) operator
Autoincrement and Autodecrement Operators
Autoincrement and Autodecrement
Overloadable operations
autogeneration : Autogeneration
autoincrement (++) operator
Autoincrement and Autodecrement Operators
Autoincrement and Autodecrement
Overloadable operations
AUTOLOAD subroutine
Autoloading
A Class Is Simply a Package
Method Autoloading
AutoLoader module
AutoLoader--Load Functions Only on Demand
autoloading : AutoLoader--Load Functions Only on Demand
stubs for : Devel::SelfStubber--Generate Stubs for a SelfLoading Module
automatic
dynamic module loading : DynaLoader--Automatic Dynamic Loading of Perl Modules
line-end processing : Switches
sorting of hashes : In-memory databases
autosplit mode : Switches
AutoSplit module : AutoSplit--Split a Module for Autoloading
awk : Awk Traps
converting to Perl : Translation from Awk and Sed
converting to/from Perl : a2p
variable names : vars--Predeclare Global Variable Names


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