On 06 6, 08, at 9:56 PM, Matt Luker wrote:
> I'm sure you got a lot of responses,
Actually very few. Maybe I'm not the only one needing a refresher. :)
> but a super quick perusal of the perlhell file would seem to
> indicate you should focus on:
>
> 1) Regular expressions, specifically m// and s/// (match and match
> +substitute)
> 2) How to open files, use diamond operators, iterate over files
> (open FILE, "<file"; while (<FILE>) { if (m/Fred/) { do_something
> (); }} close FILE;)
> 3) How to specifically suck in STDIN. It's pretty easy with my
> $answer = <STDIN>, but you need to remember to chomp $answer
> afterwards.
> 4) All the variations of open(). See the Camel book's reference.
> Any edition as long as it is Perl5 will do. Specifically using
> globs (FILE) or handles ($file). I'd also take a look at pipes and
> the use of backticks just to be safe.
> 5) Checkout all the fancy -e, -x, -r tests for files (under "File
> Test Operators" in Camel)
> 6) Checkout the old school link() and unlink() commands in Camel
> for some solutions to 13-15
> 7) Review sort() and get very comfortable with hashes and iterating
> over their keys.
Good Stuff! I'll work with the lads along those lines.
>
> That ought to get you most of what you need, especially in
> combination. And if you don't own the Programming Perl book, run
> out right now to the nearest bookstore and get it. I bluffed my
> way into my first Boston job by just having the book with me on the
> plane before my interview ;-)
This won't be the first time I had to stay a day ahead of a
group. One result of seeing the exam is that i told my PHB
that I needed to be in the course that the exam is a prereq
for.
Charles Richmond www.iisc.com
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