Returns and Perl Subroutines

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

In this final part of a three part series covering subroutines in Perl we will discuss returns and return values as well as prototypes. This article is excerpted from chapter nine of the book em Perl Best Practices em written by Damian Conway ...

Perl Subroutines: Arguments and Values

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

In this second part of a three-part series covering subroutines in Perl you will learn about missing arguments default argument values and more. It is excerpted from chapter nine of the book em Perl Best Practices em written by Damian Conway O ...

Subroutines in Perl

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Subroutines let programmers extend the Perl language...at least in theory. There are certain pitfalls for which you need to be alert. This article the first of three parts will warn you about those pitfalls and help you avoid them. It is excerpted from chapter nine of the book ...