Length of Course: 3 days

Overview:
This three-day programming class provides programmers the knowledge to create intermediate-level Perl scripts. Students will develop the experience to automate system tasks via hands-on programming exercises in conjunction with the lecture.

Prerequisites:
Prior to attending this class, students should have the following experience:

• Beginning Perl Programming class or equivalent experience

Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

• use advanced regular expressions to parse data files
• create advanced formatted output
• discuss the functions of Perl's built-in variables
• perform advanced file handle manipulation
• use Pragmas to modify the functionality of Perl scripts
• use Perl's built-in modules
• perform advanced debugging techniques
• store data in Perl databases
• create graphical-base programs using Perl/TK