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Title: Useless
Review: When I got this book about a year or so ago, I was hoping for a handy reference to all of the 'difficult to remember' perl syntax. Specifically a nice reference on regular expressions, formats, common idiomatic programming (e.g.: sorting a hash by key or value), file tests, sprintf formats, etc.Instead you get a terse listing of most perl functions, regardless of if you'd ever use them. No syntactical hints or examples. No hints as to what they do. No hints as to how to accomplish what you want to do.You're better off making your own reference card(s) from a conglomeration of Programming Perl and the Perl Cookbook (both excellent books). Even the online (perldoc) reference is better than this book.
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