Mastering Modern Perl: Writing Efficient and Maintainable Code

Exercise: Format Data

Explore how to use Perl's regular expressions to parse and reformat CSV data. Learn to extract values using capturing groups and transform date formats for clear, structured output.

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- Sample input
- Expected output
Coding challenge

1.Introduction to Modern Perl

2.The Perl Philosophy

3.Perl Identifiers and Variables

4.Control Flow: Conditionals and Looping

5.Data Structures

6.Packages and References

7.Operators

8.Functions

9.Regular Expressions and Matching

10.Objects

11.Style and Efficacy

12.Managing Real Programs

13.Perl Beyond Syntax

14.What to Avoid

15.Perl and Its Community

16.Next Steps with Perl

17.Appendix

Exercise: Format Data

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