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a command (debugger) : Debugger Commands
-A file test operator : Named Unary and File Test Operators
\A (string boundary) The rules of regular expression matching The fine print
-a switch, perl Global Special Arrays Switches
a2p program a2p Translation from Awk and Sed
abbrev( ) : Text::Abbrev--Create an Abbreviation Table from a List
abbreviations : Aliases and abbreviations
abs function : abs
absolute value : abs
accept function : accept
access time, file stat utime
$ACCUMULATOR : vars--Predeclare Global Variable Names
adding additional array elements push unshift
additive operators : Additive Operators
address-of operator (in C) : C Operators Missing from Perl
addresses getting from hostnames gethostbyname getnetbyname network, translating to names gethostbyaddr getnetbyaddr packed sockaddr : getsockname
alarm function : alarm
aliases GetOptions( ) and : Aliases and abbreviations symbol table entries : Typeglobs and Filehandles
alternatives, matching The regular expression bestiary The rules of regular expression matching
ampersand : What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You (Much)
anchors Nailing Things Down The rules of regular expression matching
AND (&) operator : Bitwise Operators
AND (&&) operator : C-style Logical (Short Circuit) Operators
and operator Logical and, or, not, and xor Programming with Style
angle brackets : What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You (Much)
angle operator Line input (angle) operator Switches
anonymous array composer : The Anonymous Array Composer FTP : Using Anonymous FTP hash composer : The Anonymous Hash Composer pipes : Anonymous pipes scalars : Tying Scalars subroutine composer : The Anonymous Subroutine Composer subroutines : Subroutines
AnyDBM_File module : AnyDBM_File--Provide Framework for Multiple DBMs
apostrophe : What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You (Much)
appending elements to arrays : push
arctangents : atan2
$ARG : vars--Predeclare Global Variable Names
@ARGV array Line input (angle) operator Global Special Arrays Getopt::Long--Extended Processing of Command-Line Options
ARGV filehandle : Global Special Filehandles
$ARGV variable : Global Special Variables
arithmetic operators Arithmetic Operators Ideographic Unary Operators Overloadable operations
arrays Pluralities Built-in Data Types anonymous, references to : The Anonymous Array Composer appending elements to : push associative : dbmopen in awk : a2p deleting elements of pop shift splice first element of : Global Special Variables global : Global Special Arrays of hashes, code for : Arrays of Hashes initializing with x operator : Multiplicative Operators last element of : List Values and Arrays length of : List Values and Arrays lists and : List Values and Arrays multidimensional A Brief Tutorial: Manipulating Lists of Lists Arrays of Arrays names for : Variables performance and : Time Efficiency pop function and : pop prepending elements to : unshift replacing/removing elements : splice subscript separator : Global Special Variables typing : Tying Arrays variables of : Interpolating array values @_ : Subroutines
arrow (->) operator The Arrow Operator Using the Arrow Operator Object-Oriented Scaling Tips
artificial languages : Natural and Artificial Languages
ASCII converting POD data to : Pod::Text--Convert POD Data to Formatted ASCII Text converting to characters : chr values for characters : ord
assertions : The rules of regular expression matching
assigning to lists : List Values and Arrays
assignment operators Assignment Operators Assignment Operators Previous Perl Traps
associative arrays : dbmopen
associativity : Operators
asterisk : What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You (Much)
at sign : What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You (Much)
atan function : atan2
$atime file statistic : stat
atoms The regular expression bestiary The rules of regular expression matching
autodecrement (- -) operator Autoincrement and Autodecrement Operators Autoincrement and Autodecrement Overloadable operations
autogeneration : Autogeneration
autoincrement (++) operator Autoincrement and Autodecrement Operators Autoincrement and Autodecrement Overloadable operations
AUTOLOAD subroutine Autoloading A Class Is Simply a Package Method Autoloading
AutoLoader module AutoLoader--Load Functions Only on Demand SelfLoader autoloading
autoloading : AutoLoader--Load Functions Only on Demand stubs for : Devel::SelfStubber--Generate Stubs for a SelfLoading Module
automatic dynamic module loading : DynaLoader--Automatic Dynamic Loading of Perl Modules line-end processing : Switches sorting of hashes : In-memory databases
autosplit mode : Switches
AutoSplit module : AutoSplit--Split a Module for Autoloading
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