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Some functions appear in more than one place.</p> <dl> <dt id="Functions-for-SCALARs-or-strings"><a class="permalink" href="#Functions-for-SCALARs-or-strings">#</a><a id="Functions"></a>Functions for SCALARs or strings</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/chomp"><code>chomp</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/chop"><code>chop</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/chr"><code>chr</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/crypt"><code>crypt</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/hex"><code>hex</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/index"><code>index</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/lc"><code>lc</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/lcfirst"><code>lcfirst</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/length"><code>length</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/oct"><code>oct</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/ord"><code>ord</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/pack"><code>pack</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/q%2FSTRING%2F"><code>q/STRING/</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/qq%2FSTRING%2F"><code>qq/STRING/</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/reverse"><code>reverse</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/rindex"><code>rindex</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sprintf"><code>sprintf</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/substr"><code>substr</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/tr"><code>tr///</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/uc"><code>uc</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/ucfirst"><code>ucfirst</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/y"><code>y///</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Regular-expressions-and-pattern-matching"><a class="permalink" href="#Regular-expressions-and-pattern-matching">#</a><a id="Regular"></a>Regular expressions and pattern matching</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/m"><code>m//</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/pos"><code>pos</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/quotemeta"><code>quotemeta</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/s"><code>s///</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/split"><code>split</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/study"><code>study</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/qr"><code>qr//</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Numeric-functions"><a class="permalink" href="#Numeric-functions">#</a><a id="Numeric"></a>Numeric functions</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/abs"><code>abs</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/atan2"><code>atan2</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/cos"><code>cos</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/exp"><code>exp</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/hex"><code>hex</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/int"><code>int</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/log"><code>log</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/oct"><code>oct</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/rand"><code>rand</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sin"><code>sin</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sqrt"><code>sqrt</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/srand"><code>srand</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Functions-for-real-@ARRAYs"><a class="permalink" href="#Functions-for-real-@ARRAYs">#</a><a id="Functions1"></a><a id="Functions-for-real-ARRAYs"></a>Functions for real @ARRAYs</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/pop"><code>pop</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/push"><code>push</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/shift"><code>shift</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/splice"><code>splice</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/unshift"><code>unshift</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Functions-for-list-data"><a class="permalink" href="#Functions-for-list-data">#</a><a id="Functions2"></a>Functions for list data</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/grep"><code>grep</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/join"><code>join</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/map"><code>map</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/qw%2FSTRING%2F"><code>qw/STRING/</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/reverse"><code>reverse</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sort"><code>sort</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/unpack"><code>unpack</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Functions-for-real-%HASHes"><a class="permalink" href="#Functions-for-real-%25HASHes">#</a><a id="Functions3"></a><a id="Functions-for-real-HASHes"></a>Functions for real %HASHes</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/delete"><code>delete</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/each"><code>each</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/exists"><code>exists</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/keys"><code>keys</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/values"><code>values</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Input-and-output-functions"><a class="permalink" href="#Input-and-output-functions">#</a><a id="Input"></a>Input and output functions</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/binmode"><code>binmode</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/close"><code>close</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/closedir"><code>closedir</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/dbmclose"><code>dbmclose</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/dbmopen"><code>dbmopen</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/die"><code>die</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/eof"><code>eof</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/fileno"><code>fileno</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/flock"><code>flock</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/format"><code>format</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getc"><code>getc</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/print"><code>print</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/printf"><code>printf</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/read"><code>read</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/readdir"><code>readdir</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/rewinddir"><code>rewinddir</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/seek"><code>seek</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/seekdir"><code>seekdir</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/select"><code>select</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/syscall"><code>syscall</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sysread"><code>sysread</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sysseek"><code>sysseek</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/syswrite"><code>syswrite</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/tell"><code>tell</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/telldir"><code>telldir</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/truncate"><code>truncate</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/warn"><code>warn</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/write"><code>write</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Functions-for-fixed-length-data-or-records"><a class="permalink" href="#Functions-for-fixed-length-data-or-records">#</a><a id="Functions4"></a>Functions for fixed length data or records</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/pack"><code>pack</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/read"><code>read</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/syscall"><code>syscall</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sysread"><code>sysread</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/syswrite"><code>syswrite</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/unpack"><code>unpack</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/vec"><code>vec</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Functions-for-filehandles,-files,-or-directories"><a class="permalink" href="#Functions-for-filehandles,-files,-or-directories">#</a><a id="Functions5"></a><a id="Functions-for-filehandles-files-or-directories"></a>Functions for filehandles, files, or directories</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/-X"><code>-<i>X</i></code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/chdir"><code>chdir</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/chmod"><code>chmod</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/chown"><code>chown</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/chroot"><code>chroot</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/fcntl"><code>fcntl</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/glob"><code>glob</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/ioctl"><code>ioctl</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/link"><code>link</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/lstat"><code>lstat</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/mkdir"><code>mkdir</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/open"><code>open</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/opendir"><code>opendir</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/readlink"><code>readlink</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/rename"><code>rename</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/rmdir"><code>rmdir</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/stat"><code>stat</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/symlink"><code>symlink</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sysopen"><code>sysopen</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/umask"><code>umask</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/unlink"><code>unlink</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/utime"><code>utime</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Keywords-related-to-the-control-flow-of-your-perl-program"><a class="permalink" href="#Keywords-related-to-the-control-flow-of-your-perl-program">#</a><a id="Keywords"></a>Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/caller"><code>caller</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/continue"><code>continue</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/die"><code>die</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/do"><code>do</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/dump"><code>dump</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/eval"><code>eval</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/exit"><code>exit</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/goto"><code>goto</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/last"><code>last</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/next"><code>next</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/redo"><code>redo</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/return"><code>return</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sub"><code>sub</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/wantarray"><code>wantarray</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Keywords-related-to-scoping"><a class="permalink" href="#Keywords-related-to-scoping">#</a><a id="Keywords1"></a>Keywords related to scoping</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/caller"><code>caller</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/import"><code>import</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/local"><code>local</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/my"><code>my</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/our"><code>our</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/package"><code>package</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/use"><code>use</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Miscellaneous-functions"><a class="permalink" href="#Miscellaneous-functions">#</a><a id="Miscellaneous"></a>Miscellaneous functions</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/defined"><code>defined</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/dump"><code>dump</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/eval"><code>eval</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/formline"><code>formline</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/local"><code>local</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/my"><code>my</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/our"><code>our</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/reset"><code>reset</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/scalar"><code>scalar</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/undef"><code>undef</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/wantarray"><code>wantarray</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Functions-for-processes-and-process-groups"><a class="permalink" href="#Functions-for-processes-and-process-groups">#</a><a id="Functions6"></a>Functions for processes and process groups</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/alarm"><code>alarm</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/exec"><code>exec</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/fork"><code>fork</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpgrp"><code>getpgrp</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getppid"><code>getppid</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpriority"><code>getpriority</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/kill"><code>kill</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/pipe"><code>pipe</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/qx%2FSTRING%2F"><code>qx/STRING/</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/setpgrp"><code>setpgrp</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/setpriority"><code>setpriority</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sleep"><code>sleep</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/system"><code>system</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/times"><code>times</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/wait"><code>wait</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/waitpid"><code>waitpid</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Keywords-related-to-perl-modules"><a class="permalink" href="#Keywords-related-to-perl-modules">#</a><a id="Keywords2"></a>Keywords related to perl modules</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/do"><code>do</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/import"><code>import</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/no"><code>no</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/package"><code>package</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/require"><code>require</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/use"><code>use</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Keywords-related-to-classes-and-object-orientedness"><a class="permalink" href="#Keywords-related-to-classes-and-object-orientedness">#</a><a id="Keywords3"></a>Keywords related to classes and object-orientedness</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/bless"><code>bless</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/dbmclose"><code>dbmclose</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/dbmopen"><code>dbmopen</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/package"><code>package</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/ref"><code>ref</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/tie"><code>tie</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/tied"><code>tied</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/untie"><code>untie</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/use"><code>use</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Low-level-socket-functions"><a class="permalink" href="#Low-level-socket-functions">#</a><a id="Low"></a>Low-level socket functions</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/accept"><code>accept</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/bind"><code>bind</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/connect"><code>connect</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpeername"><code>getpeername</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getsockname"><code>getsockname</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getsockopt"><code>getsockopt</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/listen"><code>listen</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/recv"><code>recv</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/send"><code>send</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/setsockopt"><code>setsockopt</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/shutdown"><code>shutdown</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/socket"><code>socket</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/socketpair"><code>socketpair</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="System-V-interprocess-communication-functions"><a class="permalink" href="#System-V-interprocess-communication-functions">#</a><a id="System"></a>System V interprocess communication functions</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/msgctl"><code>msgctl</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/msgget"><code>msgget</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/msgrcv"><code>msgrcv</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/msgsnd"><code>msgsnd</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/semctl"><code>semctl</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/semget"><code>semget</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/semop"><code>semop</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/shmctl"><code>shmctl</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/shmget"><code>shmget</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/shmread"><code>shmread</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/shmwrite"><code>shmwrite</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Fetching-user-and-group-info"><a class="permalink" href="#Fetching-user-and-group-info">#</a><a id="Fetching"></a>Fetching user and group info</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/endgrent"><code>endgrent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/endhostent"><code>endhostent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/endnetent"><code>endnetent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/endpwent"><code>endpwent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getgrent"><code>getgrent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getgrgid"><code>getgrgid</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getgrnam"><code>getgrnam</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getlogin"><code>getlogin</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpwent"><code>getpwent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpwnam"><code>getpwnam</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpwuid"><code>getpwuid</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/setgrent"><code>setgrent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/setpwent"><code>setpwent</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Fetching-network-info"><a class="permalink" href="#Fetching-network-info">#</a><a id="Fetching1"></a>Fetching network info</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/endprotoent"><code>endprotoent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/endservent"><code>endservent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/gethostbyaddr"><code>gethostbyaddr</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/gethostbyname"><code>gethostbyname</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/gethostent"><code>gethostent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getnetbyaddr"><code>getnetbyaddr</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getnetbyname"><code>getnetbyname</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getnetent"><code>getnetent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getprotobyname"><code>getprotobyname</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getprotobynumber"><code>getprotobynumber</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getprotoent"><code>getprotoent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getservbyname"><code>getservbyname</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getservbyport"><code>getservbyport</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/getservent"><code>getservent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sethostent"><code>sethostent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/setnetent"><code>setnetent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/setprotoent"><code>setprotoent</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/setservent"><code>setservent</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Time-related-functions"><a class="permalink" href="#Time-related-functions">#</a><a id="Time"></a>Time-related functions</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/gmtime"><code>gmtime</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/localtime"><code>localtime</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/time"><code>time</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/times"><code>times</code></a></p> </dd> <dt id="Functions-new-in-perl5"><a class="permalink" href="#Functions-new-in-perl5">#</a><a id="Functions7"></a>Functions new in perl5</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/abs"><code>abs</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/bless"><code>bless</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/chomp"><code>chomp</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/chr"><code>chr</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/exists"><code>exists</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/formline"><code>formline</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/glob"><code>glob</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/import"><code>import</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/lc"><code>lc</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/lcfirst"><code>lcfirst</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/map"><code>map</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/my"><code>my</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/no"><code>no</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/our"><code>our</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/prototype"><code>prototype</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/qx"><code>qx</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/qw"><code>qw</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/readline"><code>readline</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/readpipe"><code>readpipe</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/ref"><code>ref</code></a>, <code>sub*</code>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sysopen"><code>sysopen</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/tie"><code>tie</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/tied"><code>tied</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/uc"><code>uc</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/ucfirst"><code>ucfirst</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/untie"><code>untie</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/use"><code>use</code></a></p> <p>* - <a href="/5.8.4/functions/sub"><code>sub</code></a> was a keyword in perl4, but in perl5 it is an operator, which can be used in expressions.</p> </dd> <dt id="Functions-obsoleted-in-perl5"><a class="permalink" href="#Functions-obsoleted-in-perl5">#</a><a id="Functions8"></a>Functions obsoleted in perl5</dt> <dd> <p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/dbmclose"><code>dbmclose</code></a>, <a href="/5.8.4/functions/dbmopen"><code>dbmopen</code></a></p> </dd> </dl> <h2 id="Alphabetical-Listing-of-Perl-Functions"><a class="permalink" href="#Alphabetical-Listing-of-Perl-Functions">#</a><a id="Alphabetical"></a>Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions</h2> <ul> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/-X"><code>-X</code></a> - a file test (-r, -x, etc)</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/abs"><code>abs</code></a> - absolute value function</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/accept"><code>accept</code></a> - accept an incoming socket connect</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/alarm"><code>alarm</code></a> - schedule a SIGALRM</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/atan2"><code>atan2</code></a> - arctangent of Y/X in the range -PI to PI</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/bind"><code>bind</code></a> - binds an address to a socket</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/binmode"><code>binmode</code></a> - prepare binary files for I/O</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/bless"><code>bless</code></a> - create an object</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/caller"><code>caller</code></a> - get context of the current subroutine call</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/chdir"><code>chdir</code></a> - change your current working directory</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/chmod"><code>chmod</code></a> - changes the permissions on a list of files</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/chomp"><code>chomp</code></a> - remove a trailing record separator from a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/chop"><code>chop</code></a> - remove the last character from a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/chown"><code>chown</code></a> - change the owership on a list of files</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/chr"><code>chr</code></a> - get character this number represents</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/chroot"><code>chroot</code></a> - make directory new root for path lookups</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/close"><code>close</code></a> - close file (or pipe or socket) handle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/closedir"><code>closedir</code></a> - close directory handle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/connect"><code>connect</code></a> - connect to a remote socket</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/continue"><code>continue</code></a> - optional trailing block in a while or foreach</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/cos"><code>cos</code></a> - cosine function</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/crypt"><code>crypt</code></a> - one-way passwd-style encryption</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/dbmclose"><code>dbmclose</code></a> - breaks binding on a tied dbm file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/dbmopen"><code>dbmopen</code></a> - create binding on a tied dbm file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/defined"><code>defined</code></a> - test whether a value, variable, or function is defined</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/delete"><code>delete</code></a> - deletes a value from a hash</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/die"><code>die</code></a> - raise an exception or bail out</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/do"><code>do</code></a> - turn a BLOCK into a TERM</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/dump"><code>dump</code></a> - create an immediate core dump</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/each"><code>each</code></a> - retrieve the next key/value pair from a hash</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/endgrent"><code>endgrent</code></a> - be done using group file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/endhostent"><code>endhostent</code></a> - be done using hosts file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/endnetent"><code>endnetent</code></a> - be done using networks file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/endprotoent"><code>endprotoent</code></a> - be done using protocols file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/endpwent"><code>endpwent</code></a> - be done using passwd file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/endservent"><code>endservent</code></a> - be done using services file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/eof"><code>eof</code></a> - test a filehandle for its end</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/eval"><code>eval</code></a> - catch exceptions or compile and run code</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/exec"><code>exec</code></a> - abandon this program to run another</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/exists"><code>exists</code></a> - test whether a hash key is present</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/exit"><code>exit</code></a> - terminate this program</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/exp"><code>exp</code></a> - raise <i>e</i> to a power</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/fcntl"><code>fcntl</code></a> - file control system call</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/fileno"><code>fileno</code></a> - return file descriptor from filehandle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/flock"><code>flock</code></a> - lock an entire file with an advisory lock</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/fork"><code>fork</code></a> - create a new process just like this one</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/format"><code>format</code></a> - declare a picture format with use by the write() function</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/formline"><code>formline</code></a> - internal function used for formats</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getc"><code>getc</code></a> - get the next character from the filehandle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getgrent"><code>getgrent</code></a> - get next group record</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getgrgid"><code>getgrgid</code></a> - get group record given group user ID</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getgrnam"><code>getgrnam</code></a> - get group record given group name</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/gethostbyaddr"><code>gethostbyaddr</code></a> - get host record given its address</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/gethostbyname"><code>gethostbyname</code></a> - get host record given name</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/gethostent"><code>gethostent</code></a> - get next hosts record</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getlogin"><code>getlogin</code></a> - return who logged in at this tty</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getnetbyaddr"><code>getnetbyaddr</code></a> - get network record given its address</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getnetbyname"><code>getnetbyname</code></a> - get networks record given name</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getnetent"><code>getnetent</code></a> - get next networks record</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpeername"><code>getpeername</code></a> - find the other end of a socket connection</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpgrp"><code>getpgrp</code></a> - get process group</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getppid"><code>getppid</code></a> - get parent process ID</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpriority"><code>getpriority</code></a> - get current nice value</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getprotobyname"><code>getprotobyname</code></a> - get protocol record given name</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getprotobynumber"><code>getprotobynumber</code></a> - get protocol record numeric protocol</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getprotoent"><code>getprotoent</code></a> - get next protocols record</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpwent"><code>getpwent</code></a> - get next passwd record</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpwnam"><code>getpwnam</code></a> - get passwd record given user login name</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getpwuid"><code>getpwuid</code></a> - get passwd record given user ID</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getservbyname"><code>getservbyname</code></a> - get services record given its name</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getservbyport"><code>getservbyport</code></a> - get services record given numeric port</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getservent"><code>getservent</code></a> - get next services record</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getsockname"><code>getsockname</code></a> - retrieve the sockaddr for a given socket</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/getsockopt"><code>getsockopt</code></a> - get socket options on a given socket</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/glob"><code>glob</code></a> - expand filenames using wildcards</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/gmtime"><code>gmtime</code></a> - convert UNIX time into record or string using Greenwich time</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/goto"><code>goto</code></a> - create spaghetti code</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/grep"><code>grep</code></a> - locate elements in a list test true against a given criterion</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/hex"><code>hex</code></a> - convert a string to a hexadecimal number</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/import"><code>import</code></a> - patch a module's namespace into your own</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/index"><code>index</code></a> - find a substring within a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/int"><code>int</code></a> - get the integer portion of a number</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/ioctl"><code>ioctl</code></a> - system-dependent device control system call</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/join"><code>join</code></a> - join a list into a string using a separator</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/keys"><code>keys</code></a> - retrieve list of indices from a hash</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/kill"><code>kill</code></a> - send a signal to a process or process group</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/last"><code>last</code></a> - exit a block prematurely</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/lc"><code>lc</code></a> - return lower-case version of a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/lcfirst"><code>lcfirst</code></a> - return a string with just the next letter in lower case</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/length"><code>length</code></a> - return the number of bytes in a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/link"><code>link</code></a> - create a hard link in the filesytem</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/listen"><code>listen</code></a> - register your socket as a server</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/local"><code>local</code></a> - create a temporary value for a global variable (dynamic scoping)</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/localtime"><code>localtime</code></a> - convert UNIX time into record or string using local time</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/lock"><code>lock</code></a> - get a thread lock on a variable, subroutine, or method</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/log"><code>log</code></a> - retrieve the natural logarithm for a number</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/lstat"><code>lstat</code></a> - stat a symbolic link</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/m"><code>m//</code></a> - match a string with a regular expression pattern</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/map"><code>map</code></a> - apply a change to a list to get back a new list with the changes</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/mkdir"><code>mkdir</code></a> - create a directory</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/msgctl"><code>msgctl</code></a> - SysV IPC message control operations</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/msgget"><code>msgget</code></a> - get SysV IPC message queue</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/msgrcv"><code>msgrcv</code></a> - receive a SysV IPC message from a message queue</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/msgsnd"><code>msgsnd</code></a> - send a SysV IPC message to a message queue</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/my"><code>my</code></a> - declare and assign a local variable (lexical scoping)</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/next"><code>next</code></a> - iterate a block prematurely</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/no"><code>no</code></a> - unimport some module symbols or semantics at compile time</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/oct"><code>oct</code></a> - convert a string to an octal number</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/open"><code>open</code></a> - open a file, pipe, or descriptor</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/opendir"><code>opendir</code></a> - open a directory</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/ord"><code>ord</code></a> - find a character's numeric representation</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/our"><code>our</code></a> - declare and assign a package variable (lexical scoping)</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/pack"><code>pack</code></a> - convert a list into a binary representation</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/package"><code>package</code></a> - declare a separate global namespace</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/pipe"><code>pipe</code></a> - open a pair of connected filehandles</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/pop"><code>pop</code></a> - remove the last element from an array and return it</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/pos"><code>pos</code></a> - find or set the offset for the last/next m//g search</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/print"><code>print</code></a> - output a list to a filehandle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/printf"><code>printf</code></a> - output a formatted list to a filehandle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/prototype"><code>prototype</code></a> - get the prototype (if any) of a subroutine</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/push"><code>push</code></a> - append one or more elements to an array</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/q%2FSTRING%2F"><code>q/STRING/</code></a> - singly quote a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/qq%2FSTRING%2F"><code>qq/STRING/</code></a> - doubly quote a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/qr%2FSTRING%2F"><code>qr/STRING/</code></a> - Compile pattern</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/quotemeta"><code>quotemeta</code></a> - quote regular expression magic characters</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/qw%2FSTRING%2F"><code>qw/STRING/</code></a> - quote a list of words</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/qx%2FSTRING%2F"><code>qx/STRING/</code></a> - backquote quote a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/rand"><code>rand</code></a> - retrieve the next pseudorandom number</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/read"><code>read</code></a> - fixed-length buffered input from a filehandle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/readdir"><code>readdir</code></a> - get a directory from a directory handle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/readline"><code>readline</code></a> - fetch a record from a file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/readlink"><code>readlink</code></a> - determine where a symbolic link is pointing</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/readpipe"><code>readpipe</code></a> - execute a system command and collect standard output</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/recv"><code>recv</code></a> - receive a message over a Socket</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/redo"><code>redo</code></a> - start this loop iteration over again</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/ref"><code>ref</code></a> - find out the type of thing being referenced</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/rename"><code>rename</code></a> - change a filename</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/require"><code>require</code></a> - load in external functions from a library at runtime</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/reset"><code>reset</code></a> - clear all variables of a given name</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/return"><code>return</code></a> - get out of a function early</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/reverse"><code>reverse</code></a> - flip a string or a list</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/rewinddir"><code>rewinddir</code></a> - reset directory handle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/rindex"><code>rindex</code></a> - right-to-left substring search</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/rmdir"><code>rmdir</code></a> - remove a directory</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/s"><code>s///</code></a> - replace a pattern with a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/scalar"><code>scalar</code></a> - force a scalar context</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/seek"><code>seek</code></a> - reposition file pointer for random-access I/O</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/seekdir"><code>seekdir</code></a> - reposition directory pointer</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/select"><code>select</code></a> - reset default output or do I/O multiplexing</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/semctl"><code>semctl</code></a> - SysV semaphore control operations</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/semget"><code>semget</code></a> - get set of SysV semaphores</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/semop"><code>semop</code></a> - SysV semaphore operations</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/send"><code>send</code></a> - send a message over a socket</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/setgrent"><code>setgrent</code></a> - prepare group file for use</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/sethostent"><code>sethostent</code></a> - prepare hosts file for use</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/setnetent"><code>setnetent</code></a> - prepare networks file for use</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/setpgrp"><code>setpgrp</code></a> - set the process group of a process</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/setpriority"><code>setpriority</code></a> - set a process's nice value</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/setprotoent"><code>setprotoent</code></a> - prepare protocols file for use</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/setpwent"><code>setpwent</code></a> - prepare passwd file for use</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/setservent"><code>setservent</code></a> - prepare services file for use</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/setsockopt"><code>setsockopt</code></a> - set some socket options</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/shift"><code>shift</code></a> - remove the first element of an array, and return it</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/shmctl"><code>shmctl</code></a> - SysV shared memory operations</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/shmget"><code>shmget</code></a> - get SysV shared memory segment identifier</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/shmread"><code>shmread</code></a> - read SysV shared memory</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/shmwrite"><code>shmwrite</code></a> - write SysV shared memory</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/shutdown"><code>shutdown</code></a> - close down just half of a socket connection</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/sin"><code>sin</code></a> - return the sine of a number</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/sleep"><code>sleep</code></a> - block for some number of seconds</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/socket"><code>socket</code></a> - create a socket</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/socketpair"><code>socketpair</code></a> - create a pair of sockets</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/sort"><code>sort</code></a> - sort a list of values</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/splice"><code>splice</code></a> - add or remove elements anywhere in an array</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/split"><code>split</code></a> - split up a string using a regexp delimiter</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/sprintf"><code>sprintf</code></a> - formatted print into a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/sqrt"><code>sqrt</code></a> - square root function</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/srand"><code>srand</code></a> - seed the random number generator</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/stat"><code>stat</code></a> - get a file's status information</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/study"><code>study</code></a> - optimize input data for repeated searches</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/sub"><code>sub</code></a> - declare a subroutine, possibly anonymously</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/substr"><code>substr</code></a> - get or alter a portion of a stirng</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/symlink"><code>symlink</code></a> - create a symbolic link to a file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/syscall"><code>syscall</code></a> - execute an arbitrary system call</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/sysopen"><code>sysopen</code></a> - open a file, pipe, or descriptor</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/sysread"><code>sysread</code></a> - fixed-length unbuffered input from a filehandle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/sysseek"><code>sysseek</code></a> - position I/O pointer on handle used with sysread and syswrite</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/system"><code>system</code></a> - run a separate program</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/syswrite"><code>syswrite</code></a> - fixed-length unbuffered output to a filehandle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/tell"><code>tell</code></a> - get current seekpointer on a filehandle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/telldir"><code>telldir</code></a> - get current seekpointer on a directory handle</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/tie"><code>tie</code></a> - bind a variable to an object class</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/tied"><code>tied</code></a> - get a reference to the object underlying a tied variable</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/time"><code>time</code></a> - return number of seconds since 1970</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/times"><code>times</code></a> - return elapsed time for self and child processes</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/tr"><code>tr///</code></a> - transliterate a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/truncate"><code>truncate</code></a> - shorten a file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/uc"><code>uc</code></a> - return upper-case version of a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/ucfirst"><code>ucfirst</code></a> - return a string with just the next letter in upper case</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/umask"><code>umask</code></a> - set file creation mode mask</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/undef"><code>undef</code></a> - remove a variable or function definition</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/unlink"><code>unlink</code></a> - remove one link to a file</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/unpack"><code>unpack</code></a> - convert binary structure into normal perl variables</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/unshift"><code>unshift</code></a> - prepend more elements to the beginning of a list</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/untie"><code>untie</code></a> - break a tie binding to a variable</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/use"><code>use</code></a> - load in a module at compile time</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/utime"><code>utime</code></a> - set a file's last access and modify times</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/values"><code>values</code></a> - return a list of the values in a hash</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/vec"><code>vec</code></a> - test or set particular bits in a string</p> </li> <li><p><a href="/5.8.4/functions/wait"><code>wait</code></a> - wait for any 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