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.IX Title "PERLCHEAT 1"
.TH PERLCHEAT 1 2024-01-25 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
perlcheat \- Perl 5 Cheat Sheet
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This 'cheat sheet' is a handy reference, meant for beginning Perl
programmers. Not everything is mentioned, but 195 features may
already be overwhelming.
.SS "The sheet"
.IX Subsection "The sheet"
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\& CONTEXTS SIGILS ref ARRAYS HASHES
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\& FORMAT number, string, ref, glob, undef
\& REFERENCES
\& \e reference $$foo[1] aka $foo\->[1]
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\& SYNTAX
\& OPERATOR PRECEDENCE foreach (LIST) { } for (a;b;c) { }
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\& * / % x NUMBERS vs STRINGS FALSE vs TRUE
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\& | ^ REGEX MODIFIERS REGEX METACHARS
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\& CONFIGURATION \epP named property (?>p) no backtrack
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\& \eR linebreak (?<n>p)named capture
\& \eS \eW \eD \eH negate \eg{n} ref to named cap
\& \eK keep left part
\& 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 $\e output separator
\& 4 uid 4 month\-1 4 hasargs $| autoflush
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\& 6 rdev 6 weekday 6 evaltext $@ eval error
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.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.IX Header "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
The first version of this document appeared on Perl Monks, where several
people had useful suggestions. Thank you, Perl Monks.
.PP
A special thanks to Damian Conway, who didn't only suggest important changes,
but also took the time to count the number of listed features and make a
Raku version to show that Perl will stay Perl.
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Juerd Waalboer <#####@juerd.nl>, with the help of many Perl Monks.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
.IP \(bu 4
<https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=216602> \- the original PM post
.IP \(bu 4
<https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=238031> \- Damian Conway's Raku version
.IP \(bu 4
<https://juerd.nl/site.plp/perlcheat> \- home of the Perl Cheat Sheet
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