in reply to Perl Modules

I'll confess that I didn't know about Data::Dumper for a long time but when I discovered it my programming experience was transformed. It will print out the structure of practically everything you throw at it, even objects. So many problems involve data not being what you think it is. A godsend.

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Re^2: Perl Modules
by adefaria (Beadle) on Mar 22, 2014 at 16:13 UTC
    I don't know why people use Data::Dumper. Just use the debugger then try the "x" command, which essentially does Data::Dumper dynamically on anything you "x". And you don't have to add all of that unsightly Data::Dumper, dump and print commands and output...
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