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Learn Perl from Scratch

Delve into Perl, a popular text processing language. Gain insights into loops, strings, and arrays, progressing to complex data structures and packages. No prior knowledge required.

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Perl is one of the most popular text processing languages in the world. It allows you to create extremely efficient text parsers for all sorts of applications. This interactive course will help you get up to speed on Perl, starting off with basic concepts like loops, strings, and arrays. You'll build your way up to more complex topics like data structures and packages. No background knowledge is needed. Anyone willing to understand the principles and syntax of Perl to use it in the future will find this course useful.

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75 Lessons11 Quizzes12 Challenges

Getting Started

6 Lessons

Get familiar with Perl scripting, basic syntax, comments, and printing text.

What is Perl?

Hello World

Comments

Quiz Yourself on Comments and Printing Texts.

Challenge: Printing Text

Solution Review: Printing Text

Variables

5 Lessons

Get started with Perl variables, their types, dynamic access, and practical use.

Variables and Data Types

Quick Quiz on Variables

Variable Variables

Challenge: Make Variables

Solution Review: Make Variables

Operators

6 Lessons

Go hands-on with Perl operators, covering arithmetic, relational, logical, and assignment operators.

Introduction to Operators

Precedence and Associativity

Conditional Statements

9 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Perl's conditional statements with practical challenges and solutions.

if-else Statement

if-elsif-else Statement

Given and When Statement

Ternary Operator

Quiz on Conditional Statements

Challenge 1: Even or Odd

Solution Review: Even or Odd

Challenge 2: Making a Calculator

Solution Review: Making a Calculator

Loops

15 Lessons

Solve problems in Perl loops, including while, for, foreach, until, and practical challenges.

Introduction to Loops

Equivalence of for Loop and while Loop

Infinite Loops

Quiz on Loops

Challenge 1: Multiplication Table of a Number

Solution Review: Multiplication Table of a Number

Challenge 2: Fibonacci Sequence

Solution Review: Fibonacci Sequence

Challenge 3: Printing Pyramid

Solution Review: Printing Pyramid

Subroutines

10 Lessons

Follow the process of defining, passing, and managing subroutines in Perl with practical challenges.

Introduction to Subroutines

Variable Scope

Passing Arguments in Subroutines

Passing Parameters by Value

Passing Parameters by Reference

Quiz on Subroutines

Challenge 1: Sum of Two Numbers

Solution Review: Sum of Two Numbers

Challenge 2: Letter Grade to GPA

Solution Review: Letter Grade to GPA

Strings

6 Lessons

Master the steps to handle and manipulate strings in Perl with dynamic text formatting.

Strings Interpolation

String Operators

Built-in Subroutines

Quiz on Strings

Challenge: Check Substring

Solution Review: Check Substring

Arrays

11 Lessons

Sharpen your skills in managing and manipulating arrays, including multidimensional arrays and sorting techniques.

Arrays and their Operations

Challenge 1: Find the Maximum Value

Solution Review: Find the Maximum Value

Multidimensional Arrays

Challenge 2: Print a Matrix

Solution Review: Print a Matrix

Quiz 1

Adding Elements in an Array

Removing Element from an Array

Sorting Arrays

Quiz 2

Packages

6 Lessons

Unpack the core of Perl packages, defining them, using setters/getters, and calculating area.

Introduction to Packages

Defining Packages

Setters and Getters

Quiz on Packages

Challenge: Calculating Area

Solution Review: Calculating Area

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Conclusion

1 Lessons

Examine the path for continuous Perl learning and advanced concepts exploration.

Thank You and Next Steps

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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