Re: [MacPerl] A basic question.

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 16.26 -0500 1999.01.02, Eric Mings wrote:
>I recently bought the "Mac Perl Power and Ease" book in an attempt to
>begin learning perl. I find the book to be helpful as a general
>introduction, but I have not yet been able to find an example  that would
>help me solve an immediate problem.

What problem?  Is this the one mentioned below?

>Having been subscribed to this list
>for a few days it is apparent that the topics are quite beyond a "novice"
>level.

All MacPerl questions are welcome, though we might point you to a resource
where you can find the answer.

>So.. I have two questions. First does anyone have a recommedation
>for resources (e.g. other books or other mailing lists) for novices to
>help get up to speed?

You above say you want intermediate help; here you say you want novice
help.  I'm not sure what you want.

I would recommend the MacPerl book to learn Perl basics with MacPerl.  I
cannot recommend any other beginning Perl book to people without much
programming or Unix experience.  If you have Unix experience, _Learning
Perl_ is pretty good.  If you are a programmer, _Perl: The Programmer's
Companion_ is good.

For all Perl programmers, I recommend _Perl Cookbook_.  Newly out is _Perl
in a Nutshell_, and one of the authors, sitting next to me right now, says
that people like it.

And since I coauthored the MacPerl book, and Nate coauthored _Perl in a
Nutshell_, you'll have to take those recommendations with a grain of salt.
:)


>Second can anyone tell me where to find a basic
>example script that opens a text file, finds and  replaces some text, and
>saves a copy under another name? Thanks.

perlfaq5.pod (under the MacPerl help menu in Perl FAQ -> Files and Formats)
there is a FAQ:

  How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a line in
  the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?

I think that is what you want.

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