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Perl is one of the most popular text processing languages in the world. It allows you to create extremely efficient text parsers for all sorts of applications.

This interactive course will help you get up to speed on Perl, starting off with basic concepts like loops, strings, and arrays. You'll build your way up to more complex topics like data structures and packages.

No background knowledge is needed. Anyone willing to understand the principles and syntax of Perl to use it in the future will find this course useful.

Learn Perl from Scratch

## Syntax for defining packages
We define our own package by starting with the keyword `package` followed by the **name** you want to give to your new package. It should end with the `;` sign. We use `1;` at the end of the package definition to mark the end of the scope. 



Here's the general syntax:

# Syntax for defining packages
We define our own package by starting with the keyword `package` followed by the **name** you want to give to your new package. It should end with the `;` sign. We use `1;` at the end of the package definition to mark the end of the scope. 



Here's the general syntax:

Let's get started with the basics of packages in this lesson.

Getting Started

Variables

Operators

Conditional Statements

Loops

Subroutines

Strings

Arrays

Packages

Conclusion

Defining Packages

Syntax for defining packages