51 I guess the tag is a variable, and it is checking for 9eaf - but does this exist in Perl? What is the "=~" sign doing here and what are the "/" characters before and after 9eaf doing?

Dec 30, 2010 · 128 perldoc perlvar is the first place to check for any special-named Perl variable info. Quoting: @_: Within a subroutine the array @_ contains the parameters passed to that …

53 From Perl documentation: OR List operators On the right side of a list operator, it has very low precedence, such that it controls all comma-separated expressions found there.

Sep 5, 2012 · @pst, <> is not a file handle, "null" or otherwise. It's an operator. Specifically, the readline operator. There's a reference to it as the "angle operator" in perlvar, although there …

I'm working on a Perl script. How can I parse command line parameters given to it? Example: script.pl "string1" "string2"

Possible Duplicate: What does =~ do in Perl? In a Perl program I am examining (namly plutil.pl), I see a lot of =~ on the XML parser portion. For example, here is UnfixXMLString (lines 159 to …

In Perl, the operator s/ is used to replace parts of a string. Now s/ will alter its parameter (the string) in place. I would however like to replace parts of a string befor printing it, as in pri...

Mar 27, 2015 · In Perl, logical values are generally represented by 0 (or sometimes '' or undef) for false and 1 for true. However, to be more specific, any value that is not one of the above three …

In Perl, what is a good way to perform a replacement on a string using a regular expression and store the value in a different variable, without changing the original? I usually just copy the …

Per perldoc perluniintro, Perl does not support using digits other than [0-9] as numbers, so I would definitely use [0-9] if the following are both true: You want to use the result as a number (such …