Perl Training

Agenda

Homework Problem #1

Homework Problem #2

Homework Problem #3

Regular Expressions

Simple True-False Searches

Getting Shorter

Those pesky backslashes

Inexact Matches in RegEx

Characters with Class

Range Shortcuts

Special Locations

Multiplicity

Multiplicity Examples

What Perl returns from a match

Greedy Matching

Scalar and List context of m//

Modifiers

Modifier Examples

Global Searches

Grep (A Unix Geek Favorite)

Simple Substitutions

Using Match Results/ Expressions in Second Argument

Another look at splitting

Letter for Letter Translations

Homework

Questions?