Well, you're always welcome here. Everyone starts somewhere. I hope you found perlintro helpful. The Llama book is a fantastic resource for newcomers to the language. I found myself referring back to it for a long time.

You should also get a handle on the POD that comes with Perl. If you're using ActiveState, there's an HTML version of the POD on your system already. With other builds, you can always explore the POD via the command line by typing "perldoc <pod_name>". And I happen to really appreciate http://perldoc.perl.org. Once you've gotten comfortable with the Llama book, start picking POD documents to read, and have at it. You'll find it enlightening.


Dave

In reply to Re^5: Basic Array Question by davido
in thread Basic Array Question by pickledegg

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