This
hands-on
course
gives
those
with
limited
programming
experience,
an
introduction
to
basic
programming
constructs
used
in
the
Perl
language.
The
course
provides
prerequisite
knowledge
for
the
course
'Perl
Programming
&
Applications'
('IB-103')
for
those
without
experience
in
a
C-like
language.
The
course
covers
program
structuring
and
fundamental
programming
constructs:
input
and
output,
variables,
conditional
processing,
loops
and
subroutines.
In
particular,
it
explains
how
these
constructs
are
implemented
in
Perl.
Who
Should
Attend?
Anyone
who
wants
to
attend
the
course
'Perl
Programming
&
Applications'
('IB-103')
and
who
does
not
have
experience
in
any
language
that
uses
C-like
syntax
such
as
C,
C++,
Java
or
JavaScript.
Programmers
who
have
experience
in
languages
such
as
Visual
Basic,
Pascal
or
Delphi
are
well-advised
to
attend
this
course
prior
to
attendance
on
'Perl
Programming
&
Applications'
('IB-103').
Prerequisites
Previous
programming
experience
in
any
structured
language
is
required.
Course
Content
Introduction -
Perl
as
a
practical
language
-
Perl
applications
and
capabilities
-
Perl
flavours
Program
structure -
Comments
-
Basic
syntactical
elements
-
Compound
statements
-
Function
format
-
Basic
output
function.print
Data
types -
Integers,
floats,
strings
-
Standard
input,
output
and
error
-
Keyboard
input
-
Scalar
variables/assignment
-
Variable
scooping
Expressions
&
operators -
Creating
expressions
using
operators
-
Operator-like
conversion
functions
-
Associativity
and
precedence
-
Automatic
data
conversion
-
Simple
string
functions
Control
structures
1 -
Relational
expressions
-
Conditional
processing
-
if
and
if.else
-
unless
-
elsif
-
Compound
tests
Control
structures
2 -
Looping:
while
and
until
-
Simple
subroutines
-
do
while
and
do
until
-
for
loops
