Through proven sample programs, Perl By Example takes readers from their first program to highly sophisticated scripting. Updated for Web developers, the book teaches CGI scripting with Perl. Filled with practical information on Perl development, Perl by Example, Third Edition covers names and operators, regular expressions, file handles, libraries, references, reporting, and more. Other highlights include: Support for Perl on Unix, Linux, Windows, and Macintosh; CGI Web development with CGI.pm; and Database integration with Perl DBI. The user-friendly style offers one-to-one comparisons with other popular languages and utilities and a massive reference section for easy look-up. The CD-ROM includes all source code from the book, plus new Perl distributions for Windows.