New to perl

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Re: New to perl by kennethk (Abbot) on Mar 14, 2011 at 20:22 UTC
All these 14 Q's are from my last year exam paper i took from library and i am trying to solve them Thank you for frankly explaining where these questions are coming from. Rather than explicitly answering them, I will give some quick pointers into the docs. Some of these questions are unclear to me; whether that is a problem with your transcription or the original, I cannot say. Describe the main features of perl .What are its characteristics which makes it suitable for Bioinformatics perlintro, http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/HOWTO:Beginners What is a file handle ? How they are similar to streams perlopentut What are scalar variables ?Discuss various types of variables used in perl with examples. perldata Describe named Unary and file operators with examples. perlop Write a perl program that asks the user to enter a name and a number n and prints the nth letter in the name. Hint: substr what are global and scoped declarations in perl ? Write perl script to explain the same . Declarations in perlsyn How we do loop control with next last and redo ? Where we should use them and where not ? Loop Control in perlsyn, redo, last, next What are regular expressions ? Explain in detail its most important elements ? perlre, perlretut Write a perl program which takes file name as arguments and counts lines in file with (a) Letter X (b) String the Everything you need is in the above links What are subroutines ? How it differs from a procedure ? Explain with example how parameters are passed in subroutines. perlsub Write a perl program which reads a file into a hash array. Everything you need is in the above links Write a perl script which compares and concatenates two strings. Everything you need is in the above links What for formats are used in perl ? How we can access formatting internals ? I do not know what this means; do they mean perlguts or perhaps sprintf? Maybe IO Layers? What are hashes ? Describe all functions relevant to hashes. perldata If you are preparing for a test, where you found an old test in the library, your new test will likely not have the same questions on it; by gaining familiarity with the Perl documentation, you will prepare yourself for the next test, not the previous one.	[reply]
Re^2: New to perl by ELISHEVA (Prior) on Mar 14, 2011 at 20:45 UTC
Formats: See perlform, format, formline, and select. Also take a look at the special variables `$%`, `$-`, `$=`, `$~`, and `$^` in perlvar.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: New to perl by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 14, 2011 at 20:54 UTC
Better yet, use Perl6::Form, which brings Perl6-style forms to Perl5. Less magical and much cleaner than the builtin forms.	[reply]
Re^4: New to perl by Monk_perl (Initiate) on Mar 15, 2011 at 19:25 UTC
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Re: New to perl by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 14, 2011 at 19:51 UTC
How about you give your answers, and we'll review them.	[reply]
Re^2: New to perl by olowodara (Initiate) on Mar 15, 2011 at 11:27 UTC
Guess that made us both brothers. you are welcome on board. in case you are able to fine your ways round perlmonks please teach me what you've learn t. good luck	[reply]
Re^3: New to perl by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 15, 2011 at 11:33 UTC
I don't understand what you mean, ikegami has been a user here for years and is more than familiar with PerlMonks. Perhaps you're looking for Understanding and Using PerlMonks from the tutorials section.	[reply]
Re^4: New to perl by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 15, 2011 at 16:18 UTC
Re: New to perl by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 14, 2011 at 20:46 UTC
I don't believe your story, either about taking this exam paper from a library, or that you have tried in any way to solve them. If you had done so, you'd have posted your answers here asking us to comment on them. I suspect you are either being given this task as coursework/homework that you've not bothered to do, or that this is part of an interview scenario which I know for a fact some companies issue. I've seen posts on various forums from people asking for the answers to such interview questions posed by multinational outsourcing companies. If you take short cuts like this with your education or to gain employment, not only do you learn nothing you'll potentially put yourself under a lot of pressure. Do yourself a favor, either go learn this stuff or don't bother. You've previously been advised how to get started in your previous thread. Update:Also read How do I compose an effective node title? and How do I post a question effectively?.	[reply]
Re^2: New to perl by Monk_perl (Initiate) on Mar 15, 2011 at 19:40 UTC
I wrote these questions from my library wherefrom the book titled previous year question papers i picked and noted these questions. So i take it as model question paper for my exam preparation. I didn't tried to solve them because i have difficulty concluding the answers ...i have not studied perl so it may take time for me to solve them so i took shortcut here.well i am studying them now and i would show you answers to have them checked from you Friends!	[reply]
Re: New to perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 14, 2011 at 19:55 UTC
Friends don't make friends' eyes bleed with 7 unformatted posts. As it says right below the box you typed that mess into: Please read these before you post! — How do I compose an effective node title? How do I post a question effectively? Markup in the Monastery You definitely need to read all three of those.	[reply]
Re^2: New to perl by Monk_perl (Initiate) on Mar 15, 2011 at 19:28 UTC
Thanks for telling	[reply]
Re: New to perl by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 14, 2011 at 19:59 UTC
Why do you claim (to be) "New To Perl" and in the same post claim to have done Perl last year in your exam paper? This does not mesh well, and I think at least one of the things you're trying to tell us is not true.	[reply]
Re^2: New to perl by GrandFather (Saint) on Mar 14, 2011 at 20:40 UTC
Most likely Monk_perl means that exam papers from previous years are available and the questions listed are from last year's exam which Monk_perl would like to use as a practise exam. True laziness is hard work	[reply]
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Re: New to perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 14, 2011 at 21:41 UTC
All these 14 Q's are from my last year exam paper i took from library and i am trying to solve them . It actually looks like you're asking us to solve them.	[reply]
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