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Perl Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Two ____________ in regular expressions: =~ Contains - !~ Does not contain






2. _________ $#arrayName give value of last index available in the array. Ex an array of size 5 will have its $#arrayName = 4






3. Removes the first element of the array shift






4. Delete the hash entry with the key given






5. The purpose of {} in an "if" statement: To Define the __________ of the if statement. Unlike C the {} braces ARE REQUIRED






6. Returns a copy of the string as all lower case






7. Returns the sub string starting at index $startindex and ending after $numchars chars in the string $string






8. Assignment of a hash variable for a single hash element






9. The use of ______ in perl - Documenting code - Created by placing a "#" on a line. - are not multi-line






10. The two primary methods of executing _______ in perl: - system("command args") - - `command args`






11. Explain how to read a line from a file handle






12. Returns a copy of the string with the first letter upper case






13. Returns a two element ray of the next key value pair; resultArray[0] is the key resultArray[1] is the value






14. In arrays elements need not be __________






15. Assignment of hash variables in perl (when oringally defining the hash)






16. The _______ in perl: - used to execute an external command - will output results of command to terminal - returns the exit status of the program that ran - use this for commands that you dont care about SAVING the output to a variable






17. Add a new element to the from of the array with the value $newwValue






18. The use of "if" "if-else" and "if-elsif-else"






19. Returns all of the keys of the hash as an array






20. The variable that provides the last index of an array






21. Common ________: keys(%hash) - values(%hash) - each(%hash) - delete($hash{keyName}) - exists($hash{keyName}) - reverse(%hash)






22. Does the hash key with "keyName" exists






23. Removes trailing newline






24. Common ___________: substr($string, $start, $numchars); - length($string) - lc($string) - uc($string) - chomp($string) - chomp(@string) - join(':", @string) - split(/\s/, $string) - lcfirst($string) - ucfirst($string)






25. ________ in perl - A collection of data (static data or scalar variables or arrays or hashes can all be stored in an array element)






26. scalar(@arrayName) returns the ______ of the array names






27. Split string into an array using spaces as delimeter






28. eq - ne - lt - le - gt - ge






29. The open() statement in perl: open(________, file_mode, "filename.txt")






30. Returns all of the values of the hash as an array






31. ________ in perl - can be scalar array or hash context - tells the interpreter what you are looking for (Ex: "$arrayname[$index_number]")






32. To get rid of the ________ in $line you could now chomp() (Ex: chomp($line);)






33. The four types of loops in perl: while - until - for - ________






34. To write to a filehandle






35. Arrays can be assigned or read in _________






36. < - > - == - <= - >= - !=






37. _________ @arrayName) returns the size of the array






38. The two phases of creating a PERL program _______ - Execution






39. Swap keys for values and values for keys. Will cause issues if there are multiple hash entries with the same value






40. $#arrayName returns the value of the ______ of the array (NOT the data stored in that array element)






41. The __________ in perl: - uses grave marks `command args`- returns the output of the command to the variable you specify - if $output = `command arg` the output is stored all in one variable (all lines seperated by n) - if @output = `command arg` the






42. Regular ____________: w - alphanumeric word including underscor - d - digits 0-9 - s any whitespace - . - any character






43. In perl the _______ will recognize syntax errors and halt execution BEFORE it begins - and will output statements; it does not understand and the line which it encountered the error on






44. Returns a copy of the string as all upper case






45. Modules in perl - Synonymous with header files in C - Collection of ______ and variables that may be used in your program






46. Stores information about the current users environment. You can print this from the command line using printenv






47. Returns a copy of the string with the first letter lower case






48. Adds a new element to end of the array with value $newValue






49. _________ in perl - An associative array






50. Remove trailing newline from each element in the array