Unit/Date Lecture Reading Assignment Welcome. Introduction. A Whirlwind Tour. Monday, October 06, 2008 Welcome and Introduction (pdf) A Whirlwind Tour of Perl (pdf) eliza.pl (text version) Learning Perl: Chapter 1: Introduction Learning Perl: Chapter 2: Scalar Data Optional: Long Live Perl Exercise set 1: Learn how to use a text editor, compile hello world, and use perldoc. Scalar Data Monday, October 13, 2008 Scalar Variables (pdf) Learning Perl: Chapter 3: Lists and Arrays Exercise set 2: Math Programs Lists and Arrays Monday, October 20, 2008 Lists and Arrays (pdf) Learning Perl: Chapter 3: Lists and Arrays List Exercises: Reversing a list, and dead presidents Solution to presidents.pl (text) Subroutines Monday, October 27, 2008 Subroutines (pdf) Prove Gauss Right - gauss.pl (text) Learning Perl: Chapter 4: Subroutines Subroutine Exercises: Totalling Numbers Midterm Control Structures Monday, November 03, 2008 Control Structures (pdf) Learning Perl: Chapter 10: More on Control Structures Midterm is Due! Control structures exercises: Guess a secret number from 1-100, with hints. (solution) Input and Output Monday, November 10, 2008 Input and Output (pdf) Learning Perl: Chapter 5: Input and Output perldoc perlopentut Optional: Suffering from Buffering Midterm Solution (text) IO Exercises (solution to ex3 (text) Hashes. Monday, November 17, 2008 Hashes (pdf) Learning Perl: Chapter 6: Hashes Hash exercises: Lookups, word counts, letter counts, sorting. Regular Expressions. Monday, November 24, 2008 Regular Expressions (pdf) Learning Perl: Chapter 7: In the World of Regular Expressions Learning Perl: Chapter 8: Matching with Regular Expressions How Perl Saved the Human Genome Project No instructor homework this week. For practice, do the homeworks from Chapters 7 and 8 from Learning Perl Working with Text. Monday, December 01, 2008 Working With Text (pdf) Dates and Times (pdf) Learning Perl: Chapter 9: Processing Text with Regular Expressions Learning Perl: Chapter 13 (14 5th edition): Strings and Sorting Final Exam: The PerlRoast Coffee House Dates, Times, Processes Monday, December 08, 2008 Processes and Simple Databases (pdf) Learning Perl: Chapter 11 (12 5th edition): File Tests Learning Perl: Chapter 14 (16 5th edition): Process Management Final Exam Due! Happy Holidays and see you on January 5 in 2009! santa.pl Jabber/GTalk.pm

Instructors:
Doug Treder (dtreder@imdb.com)