Index: A

• escape for terminal bell : Ringing the Terminal Bell
• abbreviations, matching : Matching Abbreviations
• accept( )
• • Introduction
  • Writing a TCP Server
• access log (web server) : Introduction
• access_log files : Parsing a Web Server Log File
• access modes : Introduction
• access to database : (see database access)
• addresses (email), matching : Matching a Valid Mail Address
• advisory locking : Locking a File
• alarm( ) : Timing Out an Operation
• alarm, ringing : Ringing the Terminal Bell
• Alias module : Managing Instance Data
• aliases
• • for filehandles : Copying Filehandles
  • for functions : Redefining a Function
  • for list elements : Doing Something with Every Element in a List
• AND functionality in regular expressions : Expressing AND, OR, and NOT in a Single Pattern
• angles in degrees vs. radians : Doing Trigonometry in Degrees, not Radians
• anonymous data : Introduction
• Apache
• • log files : Parsing a Web Server Log File
  • mod_perl module : Making CGI Scripts Efficient
• appendhash_demo program (example) : Creating Magic Variables with tie
• appending arrays to each other : Appending One Array to Another
• approximate (fuzzy) matching : Approximate Matching
• arguments, subroutine : Accessing Subroutine Arguments
• • function prototypes : Prototyping Functions
  • passing by named parameter : Passing by Named Parameter
  • passing by reference : Passing Arrays and Hashes by Reference
• ARGV, magic : (see magic open)
• arithmetic
• • binary numbers : Introduction
  • complex (imaginary) numbers : Using Complex Numbers
  • matrix multiplication : Multiplying Matrices
• $#ARRAY variable : Changing Array Size
• arrays : Introduction
• • anonymous : Introduction
  • appending multiple : Appending One Array to Another
  • changing size of : Changing Array Size
  • circular : Implementing a Circular List
  • extracting particular elements : Extracting Unique Elements from a List
  • extracting particular subsets : Finding All Elements in an Array Matching Certain Criteria
  • hashes of : Making Hashes of Arrays
  • initializing : Specifying a List In Your Program
  • iterating through all elements
  • • Doing Something with Every Element in a List
    • Finding the First List Element That Passes a Test
  • last valid index ($#ARRAY) : Changing Array Size
  • lists vs. : Introduction
  • matrix multiplication : Multiplying Matrices
  • multidimensional : Introduction
  • permute program : Program: permute
  • printing elements with commas : Printing a List with Commas
  • processing multiple elements : Processing Multiple Elements of an Array
  • randomizing : Randomizing an Array
  • randomly selecting from : Generating Random Numbers
  • reading files backwards : Reading a File Backwards by Line or Paragraph
  • references to : Taking References to Arrays
  • reversing elements of : Reversing an Array
  • of scalar references : Creating Arrays of Scalar References
  • sorting elements : Sorting an Array Numerically
  • text files as database arrays : Treating a Text File as a Database Array
  • unions, intersections, differences : Finding Elements in One Array but Not Another
  • words program (example) : Program: words
• arrow (->) operator : Introduction
• ASCII characters : (see characters)
• assignment (||=) operator : Establishing a Default Value
• assignment, list : Exchanging Values Without Using Temporary Variables
• associative arrays : (see hashes)
• atime field : Introduction
• attributes, object
• • Introduction
  • Managing Instance Data
  • inheritance and : Solving the Data Inheritance Problem
• autoflush( )
• • Flushing Output
  • Communicating Between Related Processes
• AUTOLOAD mechanism
• • Trapping Undefined Function Calls with AUTOLOAD
  • Introduction
  • Generating Attribute Methods Using AUTOLOAD
• AutoLoader module : Speeding Up Module Loading with Autoloader
• autovivification : Introduction