Code
perl
use strict;
use warnings;
# Scalar ($)
my $name = "Alice";
my $age = 30;
my $pi = 3.14159;
# Array (@)
my @colors = ("red", "green", "blue");
print $colors[0]; # "red" (scalar access uses $)
print scalar(@colors); # 3 (length)
push @colors, "yellow"; # append
unshift @colors, "black"; # prepend
my $last = pop @colors; # remove last
my $first = shift @colors; # remove first
my @slice = @colors[0, 1]; # array slice
# Hash (%)
my %person = (
name => "Alice",
age => 30,
city => "NYC",
);
print $person{name}; # "Alice" (scalar access uses $)
@person{qw(name age)} = ("Bob", 25); # hash slice
my @keys = keys %person;
my @values = values %person;
while (my ($k, $v) = each %person) {
print "$k => $v\n";
}