Perl 5 Quick Reference (Quick Reference Series) [Paperback]

Michael O. Foghlu (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1996 | Series: Quick Reference Series

This book is an excellent desktop reference for all Perl programmers, but will predominantly be used by the more advanced users who are already familiar with the syntax. A series of jump-tables will refer the user to specific sections of the book by page number.

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The complete Perl command reference-the perfect tool for finding the syntax for the most common and obscure Perl commands. - Commands are sorted by task, class packet, platform or hardware compatibility all in alphabetical order

- Includes jump tables to guide readers to specific pages in the reference

- Designed in a larger trim size than traditional Quick References and with a lay-flat binding

Product Details

• Paperback: 345 pages
• Publisher: Que Pub; 1st edition (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789708884
• ISBN-13: 978-0789708885
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,840,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre at best. Not a quick reference. Too many typos., January 28, 1999

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This review is from: Perl 5 Quick Reference (Quick Reference Series) (Paperback)

Despite claiming to be a quick reference book, this book doesn't functionwell as such. It starts off with a reasonable basic tutorial which is a goodintroduction to the language. It's concise, but tells you what you need toknow, although obviously there is a limit to what can be covered in 45 pages.However, the 3/4 of the book that is the quick reference part is horriblyformatted, making it very hard to look something up quickly. E.g. every entryhas bold 'Compliance' logos (for NT, perl4 or perl5), which draw the eye, making the definition of each item, which is what you really wanted to see,hard to pick out. The absence of a one-line definition also makes it hard tofind what you want unless you already know the name.It is also completely lacking in useful summary tables of the variables,functions etc, even in alphabetic order, never mind by purpose, so you haveto flick through page by page looking for something you want. A table showingthe long and short equivalent names might be nice too. The page headers don'ttell you whether you are in variables, functions or operators either, onlythe first entry on the page -useless. The lack of tables is perhaps not _too_bad if you already know what you want, so more experienced users might notfine it so annoying, but it dramtically reduces it's utility as a'quick-reference' book.There is also an enormous number of mistakes, both in the examples and in thelayout. One appendix is in twice, under different titles! I find it hard tobelieve that anyone proof-read it.Over all, whilst it enabled me to get started with Perl, I found it deeplyunsatisfactory, and I am now going to buy a decent book. Not worth the money.

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Perl Quick Reference, June 9, 2000

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This review is from: Perl 5 Quick Reference (Quick Reference Series) (Paperback)

This is possibly the best perl quick reference book I've ever seen. I've read every perl reference I've been able to get my hands on, and this is by far the best. Fast, concise, and easy to read. The information is easy to locate and the examples help you to understand the exact usage of each command.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best PERL 5 Reference available, May 12, 1998

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Extreme Guy (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perl 5 Quick Reference (Quick Reference Series) (Paperback)

This is a great book for those of you out there that have some knowledge of programing (esp C & C++) and are looking to learn PERL. The first 50 pages goes into PERL a little bit to get you started. It's cheap, it's powerful, it's informative, how could you go wrong with this book?