That's a good book, but having read it (and having re-read the excerpt you pointed to in the link above), I am not seeing quite how you came up with what you did. But that's not important. The important thing is that you've asked a few good questions, and have had thick enough skin to stick around for the answers. I ++ed both of your nodes in this thread for that reason, particularly after seeing the updates. So many times we see someone "fly by" with a question that seems like it's coming from left field, and then after we answer or request further clarification, never see the individual again. Kudos for sticking with it.

I recommend putting the Advanced Perl Programming book off for now. It's a great book but it doesn't deal with advanced Perl syntax so much as advanced topics addressed by Perl. It does get into symbol table tricks to some degree, but for the most part it's about implementing solutions with Perl. Mastering Perl is in a similar category; another great book that sort of takes on random topics related to implementing real-world solutions with Perl.

But Learning Perl and Intermediate Perl are books dedicated to Perl itself; Perl syntax, Perl data types, Perl objects, Perl modules, Perl operators, etc.


Dave

In reply to Re^3: If Not Replace by davido
in thread If Not Replace by Inexistence

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