Perl Scripting for Beginners

While learning Perl these are the few scripts I developed.

I am not an expert in perl but I know enough to accomplish my tasks

Execute the code and understand it. You might find a better way to accomplish a certain task, do
share it with us.
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#! /usr/bin/perl

#Adding two numbers.

$a=5;
$b=7;
$c = $a + $b;
print “The sum is $c n”;

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#! /usr/bin/perl

#Adding two numbers.

($a, $b)= (5,7);
$c = $a + $b;
print “The sum is $c n”;

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#! /usr/bin/perl

#Adding two numbers.

print “Enter First Value n”;
$a=;
print “Enter Second value n”;
$b=;
$c=$a+$b;

print “The sum is $c n”;

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#! /usr/bin/perl

#Adding two numbers.

print “Enter two values n”;
chomp($a=<>,$b=<>);
print “The sum is”,$a+$b, “n”;
print “The sum is $a+$b n”;

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#! /usr/bin/perl

$x=’abc xyz’;
print “$x n”;

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#! /usr/bin/perl

$x=q/abc/;
$y = qq//xyz//;

print “$x $y”;

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#! /usr/bin/perl

$x=5;
print “The value is $x n”;
undef $x;
printf “The value afer undef is $x n”;

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#! /usr/bin/perl

printf “Enter Name : “;
chomp($a=<>);

if ( -f $a){
printf “File n”; }

elsif (-d $a){
printf “Directory n”; }

else {
printf “Something else n”; }

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#! /usr/bin/perl

$file=0;
$dir=0;

foreach $x ( `ls` )

{
chomp($x);
if ( -f $x){
$file++; }
if ( -d $x){
$dir++; } }

printf “Count of Files $file n”;
printf “Count of Directories $dir n”;

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#! /usr/bin/perl

$file=0;
$dir=0;

foreach ( `ls` )
{
chomp($_);
if ( -f $_){
$file++; }
if ( -d $_){
$dir++; } }

printf “Count of Files $file n”;
printf “Count of Directories $dir n”;

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Find the file names which has a in them
#! /usr/bin/perl
foreach $x ( `ls` )
{
chomp($x);
$indexVal=index($x,’a’);
if ($indexVal >= ‘0′)
{
printf “file name with a is :$x n”; } }

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Find all file names wit dot in it

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Using string functions
#! /usr/bin/perl

$str=”My name is khan”;

$indexInt=index($str,’i’);
printf “index of i is : $indexInt n”;

$lengthStr=length($str);
printf “Length of string is : $lengthStrn”;

$reverseStr=reverse($str);
printf “Reverse of strng is : $reverseStrn”;

$rindexInt=index($str,’i’);
printf “reverse index of i is : $rindexInt n”;
$subStr=substr($str,’5′);
printf “substring is : $subStr n”;

$lcStr=lc($str);
printf “lowercase string is : $lcStr n”;

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Using Number Functions

#! /usr/bin/perl

print abs(-1);
print “n”;
print int(“45?);
print “n”;
print sin(90);
print “n”;
print cos(90);
print “n”;
print exp(2);
print “n”;
print sqrt(4);
print “n”;
print rand();
print “n”

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Conditions and loops

Take a filename, in that filename find out that there is no repitition of the same character.

(Using While loop )

#! /usr/bin/perl

foreach $x ( `ls` )
{
chomp($x);
$pos=0;

$lengthStr=length($x);

while ($lengthStr !=0 ){

$subStr=substr($x,$pos);
$index=$lengthStr;
$lengthStr–;
$char = substr($x,$pos,$index-$lengthStr);

$pos++;

# printf “char $char + lengthStr $lengthStr + index $index pos $pos n”;

$tempStr = substr($x,$pos,$index);
# print “tempStr $tempStr”;

$indexInt=index($tempStr,$char);

if ($indexInt >= 0)
{
printf “repetition of character $char in file $x n”; }

} }

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Arrays

#! /usr/bin/perl

@x=(1,2,3,4,5);
@y=(1..4);
@z=();
@p=(‘a’..’z’);
@q=(@p,@x);

print ” x : @x n”;
print ” y : @y n”;
print ” z : @z n”;
print ” p : @p n”;
print ” q : @q n”;

$length = @q;

print ” length of q : $length n”;

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Deleting elements of array and increasing size

#! /usr/bin/perl

@x=(1,2,3,4,5);
print ” original array @x n”;
splice(@x,0,1);
print ” spliced array @x n”;

# Increasing array limit

$x[7]=8;

print ” increased array @x n”;

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Selective copying of array

#! /usr/bin/perl

@x=(1,2,3,4,5);

@y=@x[0,2,4];
print ” array x @x n”;
print ” array y @y n”;
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Splitting array
#! /usr/bin/perl

$x=”COMPUTER”;
@y=split(”,$x);
print “value of y @y n “;

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Joining aray

#! /usr/bin/perl

@x=(‘a’..’z’);
$y= join(”,@x);
print “value of y $y n “;
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Sorting array…

#! /usr/bin/perl

@x=(1,3,4,5,6);
@y= sort { $a <=> $b} @x;
print “value of y @y n “;

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popping, shifting and unshifting…
#! /usr/bin/perl
@x=(1..10);
pop(@x);
print “after poppin @x n “;

shift(@x);
print “after shifting @x n “;

unshift(@x,1);
print “after un shifting @x n “;

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#! /usr/bin/perl
@y=(66,53,74,75,76,75,76,32,99,45,66);
@x= sort {$b<=>$a} @y;

$length = @x;

$pos=0;

for $a (@x)
{
# printf ” a = $a n”;
$curr = @x[$pos];

$temp = $pos+1;
$next = @x[$temp];

# printf ” pos $pos curr $curr next $next n”;
if ($curr == $next )
{
# printf ” curr == next! n”;
printf “$temp:@x[$pos]n “;
printf “$temp:@x[$temp]n”;
$pos++; }
else {
printf “$temp:@x[$pos]n”; }
$pos++;

if($pos >= $length)
{
exit } }

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Working with associative array

#! /usr/bin/perl

%emp=(101=>abc,102=>xyz,103=>rst,104=>pqr,105=>uvw);

print %emp;
$x = keys %emp;
$y = values %emp;

print “keys $x n”;
print “values $y n”;

print “n $emp{102} n”;

foreach $k (sort{$a cmp $b}keys %emp)
{

print “$k => $emp{$k} n”; }

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Creating hash with key and value taken from the keyboard.

#! /usr/bin/perl
foreach $k (1..4)
{
print “Enter key and pair values n”;
chomp($key=<>,$value=<>);
$emp{$key}=$value;

}

print %emp;

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Reversing hash -> key becomes value and value becomes hash

#! /usr/bin/perl

%emp=(101=>abc,102=>xyz,103=>rst,104=>pqr,105=>uvw);

print %emp;
print “n”;
print “After reversingn”; %emp = reverse %emp;
print %emp;
print “n”;

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Addressing

# Creating reference for a scalar in perl
#! /usr/bin/perl
print “Referencing scalar n”;
$x=”COMPUTER”;
$y=$x;

print “$xn”;
print “$yn”;
print “Dereferencing y $$yn”;

#Creating reference for an array in perl

@x=(1,2,3,4,5);
$y=@x;

print “Referencing array n”;
print “@xn”;
print “$yn”;
print “Dereferencing y @$yn”;

# to dereference individual element

print “Dereferencing fist element $$y[0]n”;

#Creating reference for hash in perl

%x=(101=>abc,102=>xyz,103=>rst,104=>pqr,105=>uvw);
$y=%x;

print “Referencing hash n”;
print %x;
print “n”;
print “$yn”;
print “Dereferencing y”,%$y,”n”;

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Printing content of an array in perl

#! /usr/bin/perl

@x=([1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]);
$y=@x;

foreach $i (0,1,2)

{
foreach $j (0,1,2)
{
print “x[$i][$j]= $x[$i][$j] t”; }
print “n”; }

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Adding two array in perl

#! /usr/bin/perl

@x=([1,2],[4,5]);
$y=([1,2],[4,5]);

foreach $i (0,1)
{
foreach $j (0,1)
{
$a[$i][$j] = $x[$i][$j] + $y[$i][$j];
print “a[$i][$j]= $a[$i][$j] t”; }
print “n”; }

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Array of hashes in perl

#! /usr/bin/perl

#Array oh hashes

@x=({1,a,2,b},{3,c,4,d},{5,e,6,f},{7,g,8,h});

$hashref0=@x[0];
$hashref1=@x[1];
$hashref2=@x[2];
$hashref3=@x[3];

print “Dereferencing hashref0 “,%$hashref0,”n”;
print “Dereferencing hashref1 “,%$hashref1,”n”;
print “Dereferencing hashref2 “,%$hashref2,”n”;
print “Dereferencing hashref3 “,%$hashref3,”n”;

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#! /usr/bin/perl

%h=(a=>[1,2,3],b=>[4,5,6],c=>[7,8,9]);

foreach $k (values %h)
{
@a[$k]=$h{$k}; }
$arrRef0=@a[0];
$arrRef1=@a[1];
$arrRef2=@a[2];

print “$arrRef0 $arrRef1 $arrRef2?;

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Print the hash values in perl

%x={2=>{‘Faisal’,’TM’},1=>{‘Ritu’,’IT’},3=>{‘Dhruv’,’CT’}};

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Defining Sub routines in perl

#! /usr/bin/perl

print ” Enter temperature in Fahrenheit n”;
chomp($f=);

&cal();

print “The result is $celn”;

sub cal()
{
$cel= ($f-32)*5/9; }
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Returning values from sub routine in perl

#! /usr/bin/perl

$sum=&cal();
print “The sum is $sum n”;
sub cal()
{
print “Enter two numbers. n”;
chomp($n1=);
chomp($n2=);
return ($n1+$n2); }

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Using Local variables in subroutines using my in perl

#! /usr/bin/perl

$sum=&cal();
print “The sum is $sum n”;
sub cal()
{
my ($n1,$n2);
print “Enter two numbers. n”;
chomp($n1=);
chomp($n2=);
return ($n1+$n2); }

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Passing values to the function using @_

#! /usr/bin/perl

$sum=&cal(3,5);
print “The sum is $sum n”;
sub cal()
{
my ($n1,$n2)=@_;
print “Enter two numbers. n”;
chomp($n1=);
chomp($n2=);
return ($n1+$n2); }

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Anonymous subroutine in perl

#! /usr/bin/perl

$subref =sub{
my ($a,$b)=@_;
print $a+$b;
print “n”; };

&$subref(2,3);

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Finding maximum value in an array by passing array

#! /usr/bin/perl

@x=(10,20,30,33,21,34,56,6,44);

$max=&getmaxarray(@x);

print ” maximum value $max n”;

sub getmaxarray()
{
my ($x)=@_;
$temp=0;

for $a (@x)
{

if($temp < $a)
{
$temp=$a; } }
return $temp; }

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Finding maximum value in an array by passing array reference

@x=(10,20,30,33,21,34,56,6,44);
$y=@x;

$max=&getmaxarray($y);

print ” maximum value $max n”;

sub getmaxarray()
{
my ($y)=@_;

for $a (@$y)
{

if($temp < $a)
{
$temp=$a; } }
return $temp;

}

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Regular Expressions in perl

Print list of all files in the current directory which starts with a

#! /usr/bin/perl

foreach $x (`ls`)
{
chomp($x);

if($x=~m/^a/)
{
print “$xn”; } }

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Change filename which filename more that 10 characters to capital letter.

#! /usr/bin/perl

foreach $x (`ls`)
{
chomp($x);

if(length($x)>10)
{
$x =~ tr/a-z/A-Z/;
print “Length greater than 10 $x n”; }
}