Re: How is Perl for automation?

Hi Monks,

Thank you all for the answers. Best part is, you guys kept it logical and no one felt offended when I asked job related questions or the perceived negative notions about Perl that I mentioned in my second question. It was all directly answered with straight up answers. Sign of true professionals. Hats off to you all.

Looks like I can now give points to answers. I've already exhausted my points today, but I will continue when I accrue more points.

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Re^2: How is Perl for automation? by marto (Cardinal) on Dec 04, 2020 at 12:57 UTC
Perhaps you could be more specific about what processes/applications you're interested in automating. Regarding Excel, you can automate various spreadsheet packages that can save data in excel format, alternatively you can use perl directly to create/manipulate spreadsheets. Most people are asking for work related help, so don't worry about that.	[reply]
Re^3: How is Perl for automation? by fidodido (Sexton) on Dec 05, 2020 at 12:41 UTC
I will most certainly start posting questions here, but first, I'd like to write something and then post code here if I get stuck. Desperate times may require me to ask for guidance from the scratch, but I will most certainly try to avoid that. By the way, I've installed Perl on my laptop (windows 10) and started playing with it. Must say I like it so far... Based on the answers given here and reviews, I've focused on two books - Learning Perl 7th Edition and Beginning Perl (Ovid Poe). While there is a latest version of Beginning Perl available, the one written by Ovid seems to have some really good reviews on Amazon. I am aware that it was released a few years ago, but judging the table of contents + reviews, I'm sure there will be a lot I can learn from both the books.	[reply]