<pre>
sub average {
@_ 1 or die ('Sub usage: $median = median(\@array);');
my ($array_ref) = @_;
my $count = scalar @$array_ref;
# Sort a COPY of the array, leaving the original untouched
my @array = sort { $a <=> $b } @$array_ref;
if ($count % 2) {
return $array[int($count/2)];
} else {
return ($array[$count/2] + $array[$count/2 - 1]) / 2;
}
}
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Yes, in Perl, you can assign a scope to a subroutine using the my keyword to declare variables within the subroutine, allowing them to be scoped locally to that subroutine. For example: sub fun { my $local_var = "I'm local"; # This variable is scoped to the subroutine print $local_var; } This keeps $local_var from being accessible outside of fun, ensuring encapsulation within the subroutine.
Perl is a programming language. Perl is an interpreted programming language. Perl is very useful for shell scripts, application programming, and web applications. Perl is quite easy to learn. Perl can be, but does not have to be, object-oriented. Perl was created by Larry Wall. Perl has probably the best implementation of regular expressions in existence.
There are a number of sites that provide information about how to learn the Perl programming language. They include Learn Perl, Learning Perl and Perl Tutorial Hub. Amazon and other good booksellers have a wide range of Perl books available.
Learning Perl was created in 1997.
The concatenate operator in perl is a period, ie .
Yes, in Perl, you can assign a scope to a subroutine using the my keyword to declare variables within the subroutine, allowing them to be scoped locally to that subroutine. For example: sub fun { my $local_var = "I'm local"; # This variable is scoped to the subroutine print $local_var; } This keeps $local_var from being accessible outside of fun, ensuring encapsulation within the subroutine.
Yes, C and Perl can be made to talk together quite well. XS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XS_(Perl)) is the most widely used method for doing this - it allows you to write binding to C or C++ code so it can be called as a perl subroutine. Inline::C (http://search.cpan.org/~ingy/Inline-0.44/C/C.pod) is another method - it allows you to write C code inside Perl code and generates the necessary XS automatically. If you want to call perl code from C, you can link against libperl.
Perl is a programming language. Perl is an interpreted programming language. Perl is very useful for shell scripts, application programming, and web applications. Perl is quite easy to learn. Perl can be, but does not have to be, object-oriented. Perl was created by Larry Wall. Perl has probably the best implementation of regular expressions in existence.
There are a number of sites that provide information about how to learn the Perl programming language. They include Learn Perl, Learning Perl and Perl Tutorial Hub. Amazon and other good booksellers have a wide range of Perl books available.
Gisella Perl was born in 1907.
Gisella Perl died in 1988.
Curdin Perl was born in 1984.
Alfredo Perl was born in 1965.
Black Perl was created in 1990.
Programming Perl was created in 1991.
Intermediate Perl was created in 2003.
Learning Perl was created in 1997.