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| Explanatory note
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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 (see aliases)
- abs function
   : abs
- absolute value
   : abs
- accept function
   : accept
- access time, file
   
      
   - stat
   
- utime
   
  
- $ACCUMULATOR (see $^A variable)
- 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 (see &)
- 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 (see <; >)
- 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 (see ')
- appending elements to arrays
   : push
- arctangents
   : atan2
- $ARG (see $_ variable)
- @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 (see hashes)
   
- 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 (see $; variable)
   
- typing
      : Tying Arrays
   
- variables of
      : Interpolating array values
   
- @_ (see @_ array)
   
         
- 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 (see hashes)
- associativity
   : Operators
- asterisk (see *)
- at sign (see @)
- 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
   
-    
  
- 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
- awk
   : Awk Traps
   
   
   - converting to Perl
      : Translation from Awk and Sed
   
- converting to/from Perl
      : a2p
   
- variable names
      : vars--Predeclare Global Variable Names
   
   
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