Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics

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 languages

 computer, translator applications for

 programming, definition of

layout

code

 nested function calls

 text, specifying with picture line

 left justification of text

 left shift operator (<<)

 length function , 2nd

 length of arrays

 less than (<) , 2nd

 letters representing nucleic acids , 2nd

 lexical scoping

 enforcing with strict

libraries

 GenBank

 of subroutines

 line input (angle) operator , 2nd  , 3rd  , 4th

 line, current

 linefeeds, removing with chomp function

Linux

 directories

 installing Perl on

 online resources for

 Perl programs, running

 Perl, finding already installed

 text editors

 list context , 2nd

 lists, separating items with commas

 local scope

 local variables

logical operators

 control flow, using for

range operator, use with

 precedence

 loops , 2nd  , 3rd

 do-until , 2nd

 for and while

 foreach , 2nd

 nested

 next operator, effect on control flow

 variable declaration in

 while loop, testing with global regular expression

 lvalue and rvalue

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