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− | | Switch to the '''Terminal''' | + | | Switch to the '''Terminal''' and type '''perl hyphen c comments dot pl''' and press '''Enter.''' |
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− | |Here we learnt to add comments in '''Perl'''. | + | |Here, we learnt to add comments in '''Perl'''. |
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Revision as of 15:46, 14 July 2015
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00:00 | Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Comments in Perl. |
00:05 | In this tutorial, we will learn about |
00:08 | comments in Perl. |
00:10 | I am using Ubuntu Linux 12.04 operating system and Perl 5.14.2 |
00:18 | that is, Perl revision 5 version 14 and subversion 2. |
00:23 | I will also be using the gedit Text Editor. |
00:27 | You can use any text editor of your choice. |
00:31 | You should have basic knowledge of compiling, executing and variables in Perl. |
00:37 | If not, please go through the relevant spoken tutorials on the spoken tutorial website. |
00:43 | Commenting a piece of code in Perl can be done in two ways: |
00:47 | * Single Line |
00:48 | * Multi-Line. |
00:49 | This type of comment is used when user wants to comment a single line of code or |
00:55 | to add one liner text to explain the functionality of a piece of code. |
01:01 | This type of comment starts with the symbol # (hash). |
01:05 | Here is a demo. Let us open a new file in the Text Editor. |
01:11 | Open the Terminal and type - gedit comments dot pl space & |
01:19 | Once again reminding you that the ampersand is used to free the command prompt in the terminal, now press Enter. |
01:27 | Now type the following commands. |
01:29 | hash Declaring count variable press Enter. |
01:37 | dollar count space equal to space 1 semicolon press Enter. |
01:45 | print space double quotes Count is dollar count slash n double quotes complete semicolon space hash Prints Count is 1 |
02:03 | Now save this file by pressing Ctrl S and execute the Perl script. |
02:08 | Switch to the Terminal and type perl hyphen c comments dot pl and press Enter. |
02:18 | This tells us that there is no syntax error. |
02:21 | Now type: perl comments dot pl and press Enter. |
02:28 | It will show the following output - Count is 1 |
02:33 | Let us switch back to gedit. |
02:36 | In gedit, go to the first line and press Enter. |
02:40 | Go back to the first line and type the following command. |
02:44 | Hash exclamation mark slash usr slash bin slash perl |
02:52 | This line in Perl is called as shebang line and is the first line in a Perl program. |
02:59 | It tells where to find the Perl Interpreter. |
03:03 | Note: Though this line starts with hash symbol, it will not be considered as a single line comment by Perl. |
03:11 | Now let us look at multiline comments. |
03:13 | Multi Line: This type of comment is used |
03:17 | when user wants to comment a piece of code or to add description/usage of piece of code. |
03:25 | This type of comment starts with the symbol equal to head and ends with equal to cut. |
03:33 | Let's switch back to gedit and type the following in the comments dot pl file. |
03:39 | At the end of file, type: equal to head, press Enter. |
03:45 | print space double quote count variable is used for counting purpose double quote complete press Enter. |
03:59 | equal to cut |
04:01 | Save the file, close it and execute the Perl script. |
04:05 | On the Terminal, type: perl hyphen c comments dot pl and press Enter. |
04:13 | No syntax error. |
04:15 | So let us execute it, perl comments dot pl |
04:21 | It will show the same output as before. Count is 1. |
04:27 | It does not print the sentence “count variable is used for counting purpose”. |
04:32 | This is because we commented the portion using equal to head and equal to cut. |
04:40 | You can either use =head =cut or =begin =end. |
04:48 | These are not the special keywords used by Perl. |
04:52 | Please note, there should not be any leading or trailing space(s) before '=' (equal to sign) and after the head, cut, begin or end word. |
05:02 | Open the Terminal once again. |
05:05 | And Type - gedit commentsExample dot pl space & and press Enter. |
05:15 | Type the following commands as shown on the screen. |
05:19 | Here, I am declaring two variables firstNum and secondNum and I am assigning some values to them. |
05:28 | Then I have commented this portion here. |
05:32 | Now I added these two numbers and assign the value to a third variable named addition. |
05:39 | Next, I want to print the value using print command. |
05:44 | Save the file and execute the Perl script on the Terminal. |
05:49 | On terminal, type: perl hyphen c commentsExample dot pl, press Enter. |
05:57 | There is no syntax error. |
05:59 | So, execute the script by typing |
06:01 | perl commentsExample dot pl press Enter. |
06:07 | It will show the following output. Addition is 30. |
06:12 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. |
06:16 | Here, we learnt to add comments in Perl. |
06:19 | Write a perl script to find square of a number. |
06:23 | Explain the functionality of the code written using single line comment & multiline Comment. |
06:30 | Watch the video available at the following link. |
06:34 | It summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. |
06:37 | If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it. |
06:42 | The Spoken Tutorial Project Team: |
06:44 | Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials. |
06:48 | Gives certificates to those who pass an online test. |
06:51 | For more details, please write to contact at spoken hyphen tutorial dot org. |
06:58 | Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project. |
07:03 | It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India. |
07:11 | More information on this mission is available at the following link. |
07:15 | Hope you enjoyed this Perl tutorial. This is Amol Brahmankar, signing off.
Thanks for joining. |