In addition to Joost's excellent pointers, a sample would go a long way in receiving help. Even better would be what you tried to do to solve your problem and why you think it's not working. We, as a community, prefer to edit than to create, at least when answering questions.
In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is. :-)
"What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?"