Index: B

• B-tree implementation (DB_File) : Sorting Large DBM Files
• backreferences ($1, $2, ...) : Introduction
• • finding duplicate words : Detecting Duplicate Words
• backslash (\)
• • escaping characters : Escaping Characters
  • operator
  • • Passing Arrays and Hashes by Reference
    • Taking References to Scalars
• backsniff program (example) : Program: backsniff
• backtick (`)
• • expanding : Interpolating Functions and Expressions Within Strings
  • operator
  • • Gathering Output from a Program
    • Executing Commands Without Shell Escapes
  • qx( ) : Specifying a List In Your Program
• backtracking in pattern matching : Introduction
• bad hyperlinks, finding : Finding Stale Links
• base class : Introduction
• • empty base class test : Writing an Inheritable Class
• basename( ) : Splitting a Filename into Its Component Parts
• =begin pod directive : Documenting Your Module with Pod
• bell, ringing : Ringing the Terminal Bell
• Berkeley DB library : Introduction
• bgets program (example) : Reading a String from a Binary File
• biased random numbers : Generating Biased Random Numbers
• biclient program (example) : Writing Bidirectional Clients
• bidirectional clients : Writing Bidirectional Clients
• bigfact program (example) : Program: Calculating Prime Factors
• binary files
• • processing : Processing Binary Files
  • reading strings from : Reading a String from a Binary File
• binary numbers
• • arithmetic on : Introduction
  • convering with decimal numbers : Converting Between Binary and Decimal
• binary tree structures : Program: Binary Trees
• bind( ) : Introduction
• binmode( ) : Processing Binary Files
• bintree program (example) : Program: Binary Trees
• bitwise operators : Controlling Case
• bless( )
• • Introduction
  • Constructing an Object
• blessing : Introduction
• blocking file access
• • Locking a File
  • Program: netlock
  • region-specific locks : Program: lockarea
• blocking signals : Blocking Signals
• Boolean connectives in patterns : Expressing AND, OR, and NOT in a Single Pattern
• Boolean truth : Introduction
• buffered input/output
• • Introduction
  • Flushing Output
  • Introduction
  • controlling for other programs : Controlling Input and Output of Another Program
  • socket developing and : Communicating over TCP
• building modules from CPAN : Building and Installing a CPAN Module
• bysub1 program (example) : Program: Sorting Your Mail
• bysub2 program (example) : Program: Sorting Your Mail
• bysub3 program (example) : Program: Sorting Your Mail