=head2 The sheet
- CONTEXTS SIGILS ARRAYS HASHES
- void $scalar whole: @array %hash
- scalar @array slice: @array[0, 2] @hash{'a', 'b'}
- list %hash element: $array[0] $hash{'a'}
- &sub
- *glob SCALAR VALUES
- number, string, reference, glob, undef
+ CONTEXTS SIGILS ref ARRAYS HASHES
+ void $scalar SCALAR @array %hash
+ scalar @array ARRAY @array[0, 2] @hash{'a', 'b'}
+ list %hash HASH $array[0] $hash{'a'}
+ &sub CODE
+ *glob GLOB SCALAR VALUES
+ FORMAT number, string, ref, glob, undef
REFERENCES
- \ references $$foo[1] aka $foo->[1]
- $@%&* dereference $$foo{bar} aka $foo->{bar}
- [] anon. arrayref ${$$foo[1]}[2] aka $foo->[1]->[2]
- {} anon. hashref ${$$foo[1]}[2] aka $foo->[1][2]
- \() list of refs
- NUMBERS vs STRINGS LINKS
- OPERATOR PRECEDENCE = = perl.plover.com
- -> + . search.cpan.org
- ++ -- == != eq ne cpan.org
- ** < > <= >= lt gt le ge pm.org
- ! ~ \ u+ u- <=> cmp tpj.com
- =~ !~ perldoc.com
- * / % x SYNTAX
- + - . for (LIST) { }, for (a;b;c) { }
- << >> while ( ) { }, until ( ) { }
- named uops if ( ) { } elsif ( ) { } else { }
- < > <= >= lt gt le ge unless ( ) { } elsif ( ) { } else { }
- == != <=> eq ne cmp ~~ for equals foreach (ALWAYS)
+ \ reference $$foo[1] aka $foo->[1]
+ $@%&* dereference $$foo{bar} aka $foo->{bar}
+ [] anon. arrayref ${$$foo[1]}[2] aka $foo->[1]->[2]
+ {} anon. hashref ${$$foo[1]}[2] aka $foo->[1][2]
+ \() list of refs
+ NUMBERS vs STRINGS LINKS
+ OPERATOR PRECEDENCE = = perldoc.perl.org
+ -> + . search.cpan.org
+ ++ -- == != eq ne cpan.org
+ ** < > <= >= lt gt le ge pm.org
+ ! ~ \ u+ u- <=> cmp p3rl.org
+ =~ !~ perlmonks.org
+ * / % x SYNTAX
+ + - . foreach (LIST) { } for (a;b;c) { }
+ << >> while (e) { } until (e) { }
+ named uops if (e) { } elsif (e) { } else { }
+ < > <= >= lt gt le ge unless (e) { } elsif (e) { } else { }
+ == != <=> eq ne cmp ~~ given (e) { when (e) {} default {} }
&
- | ^ REGEX METACHARS REGEX MODIFIERS
- && ^ string begin /i case insens.
- || // $ str. end (before \n) /m line based ^$
- .. ... + one or more /s . includes \n
- ?: * zero or more /x ign. wh.space
- = += -= *= etc. ? zero or one /g global
- , => {3,7} repeat in range /o cmpl pat. once
- list ops () capture
- not (?:) no capture REGEX CHARCLASSES
- and [] character class . == [^\n]
- or xor | alternation \s == whitespace
- \b word boundary \w == word characters
- \z string end \d == digits
- DO \S, \W and \D negate
- use strict; DON'T
- use warnings; "$foo" LINKS
- my $var; $$variable_name perl.com
- open() or die $!; `$userinput` use.perl.org
- use Modules; /$userinput/ perl.apache.org
-
+ | ^ REGEX METACHARS REGEX MODIFIERS
+ && ^ string begin /i case insensitive
+ || // $ str end (bfr \n) /m line based ^$
+ .. ... + one or more /s . includes \n
+ ?: * zero or more /x ignore wh.space
+ = += -= *= etc ? zero or one /p preserve
+ , => {3,7} repeat in range /a ASCII /aa safe
+ list ops | alternation /l locale /d dual
+ not [] character class /u Unicode
+ and \b word boundary /e evaluate /ee rpts
+ or xor \z string end /g global
+ () capture /o compile pat once
+ DEBUG (?:p) no capture
+ -MO=Deparse (?#t) comment REGEX CHARCLASSES
+ -MO=Terse (?=p) ZW pos ahead . [^\n]
+ -D## (?!p) ZW neg ahead \s whitespace
+ -d:Trace (?<=p) ZW pos behind \K \w word chars
+ (?<!p) ZW neg behind \d digits
+ CONFIGURATION (?>p) no backtrack \pP named property
+ perl -V:ivsize (?|p|p)branch reset \h horiz.wh.space
+ (?&NM) cap to name \R linebreak
+ \S \W \D \H negate
FUNCTION RETURN LISTS
stat localtime caller SPECIAL VARIABLES
- 0 dev 0 second 0 package $_ default variable
- 1 ino 1 minute 1 filename $0 program name
- 2 mode 2 hour 2 line $/ input separator
- 3 nlink 3 day 3 subroutine $\ output separator
- 4 uid 4 month-1 4 hasargs $| autoflush
- 5 gid 5 year-1900 5 wantarray $! sys/libcall error
- 6 rdev 6 weekday 6 evaltext $@ eval error
- 7 size 7 yearday 7 is_require $$ process ID
- 8 atime 8 is_dst 8 hints $. line number
- 9 mtime 9 bitmask @ARGV command line args
- 10 ctime just use @INC include paths
- 11 blksz POSIX:: 3..9 only @_ subroutine args
- 12 blcks strftime! with EXPR %ENV environment
+ 0 dev 0 second 0 package $_ default variable
+ 1 ino 1 minute 1 filename $0 program name
+ 2 mode 2 hour 2 line $/ input separator
+ 3 nlink 3 day 3 subroutine $\ output separator
+ 4 uid 4 month-1 4 hasargs $| autoflush
+ 5 gid 5 year-1900 5 wantarray $! sys/libcall error
+ 6 rdev 6 weekday 6 evaltext $@ eval error
+ 7 size 7 yearday 7 is_require $$ process ID
+ 8 atime 8 is_dst 8 hints $. line number
+ 9 mtime 9 bitmask @ARGV command line args
+ 10 ctime 10 hinthash @INC include paths
+ 11 blksz 3..10 only @_ subroutine args
+ 12 blcks with EXPR %ENV environment
=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS