1.

  Here is a Perl Problem that was posed to me. I was given one day Subscribe 
time to solve.  Unfortunately
Here is a Perl Problem that was posed to me. I was given one day time to
solve.  Unfortunately I did not know enough Perl to do it. And  sadly, I did
not get selected.  However I wish to share this question with all. Please pose
your answers or programs on this forum for the benefit of all friends.
Submitted by  ilangocal.
Here is the link for the full questions in exforsys forum, see if you can answer
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2.  Explain the difference between "my" and "local" variable scope Subscribe 
declarations. ?
Both of them are used to declare local variables.The variables declared with "my" can
live only within the block it was defined and cannot get its visibility inherited functions
called within that bl Asked by:  Murali Krishnan
Latest Answer: The variables declared with my() are visible only within the scope of
the block which names them. T...
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3.  What is difference between "Use" and "require". In which case Subscribe 
should "Use&
What is difference between "Use" and "require". In which case should "Use"
be used and not "Require"?
Asked by:  JP
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4.  I have a variable named $objref which is defined in main package. I Subscribe 
want to make it as a Object of
I have a variable named $objref which is defined in main package. I want to
make it as a Object of Class XYZ. How could I do it?
Asked by:  Zubind
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5.  What's the significance of @ISA, @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK Subscribe 
%EXPORT_TAGS list & hashes in a perl packa
What's the significance of @ISA, @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK
%EXPORT_TAGS list & hashes in a perl package? With example?
Asked by:  geek_zubi
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6.  How to Connect with SqlServer from perl and how to display Subscribe 
database table info?
Asked by:  Mehul
Latest Answer: The other trick is to use http://www.freetds.org/ for your sybase driver
(M$SQL is just an old versi...
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7.  what is the use of "STDERR()"? Subscribe 
Asked by:  smeda
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error in any package....
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8.  What arguments do you frequently use for Perl Interpreter and what Subscribe 
do they mean
Asked by:  suseel
Latest Answer: Hi,The various command line arguments are -e executes the prog given
as an argument-d start perl de...
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9.  what are the characteristics of project that is well suited to PERL Subscribe 
Asked by:  suseel
Latest Answer: Hi,Text processing thats whats every language do but in perl we mean
by heavy regex usage,the progra...
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10.  why do you program in PERL Subscribe 
Asked by:  suseel
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34.  what is a DataHash(). What does it mean? and for what purpose it is used??
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Hi All,I would like to replace some entities in the text file with symbols using Perl.This is
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