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?

Nov 10, 2019 · 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.

Here the sigil changes to $ to denote that you are accessing a scalar, however the trailing [0] tells perl that it is accessing a scalar element of the array in _ or in other words, @_.

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 subroutine. …

Jun 10, 2011 · Below are the flags that I encounter most often, and I don't have a clue what they mean: perl -pe perl -pi perl -p perl -w perl -d perl -i perl -t I will be very grateful if you tell me what each of …

7 Perl arrow operator has one other use: Class−>method invokes subroutine method in package Class though it's completely different than your code sample. Only including it for completeness for the …

The -p causes Perl to iterate over every line of the input and execute the given code for each of them (and to print the lines afterwards). Specifically, the command

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 isn't actually any …

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 as …

Feb 2, 2016 · The => operator in perl is basically the same as comma. The only difference is that if there's an unquoted word on the left, it's treated like a quoted word. So you could have written Martin …