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Perl module P304
Tieing
Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module P304. This topic is presented on public course Perl for Larger Projects

Perl variables can be given nonstandard characteristics, such as persistence so that they won't be lost when you exit from a program and then start it again. There are a number of exciting things you can do with this facility, known as tieing, but you also need to be careful that the code you write is easy to understand and maintain too.


Articles and tips on this subjectupdated
3409When variables behave differently - Tie in Perl
Deep in the bowels of any programming language is code to store information into a variable, and get information back from that variable. And in a language that's dynamic in its memory allocation, there will also be code to construct and destroy variables. Does that sound a bit "object oriented". ...
2011-08-28
 
3007Setting up a matrix of data (2D array) for processing in your program
When you're reading and processing data, it often comes in the form of a series of records, with each record being split into a series of fields, and you'll often want to be going through the data several times, looking at different rows and colums, sorting them, comparing them, and so on. If the amount ...
2010-10-21
 
2243Changing a variable behaviour in Perl - tieing
What can you do with a scalar variable? When you reduce it to lowest level programming principles, not a lot ... you can create it, destroy it, save a value into it, and read a value back from it. That's about it, when you think of it! In Perl, the low level memory accessors within the language ...
2010-06-23
 
2379Making variables persistant, pretending a database is a variable and other Perl tricks
Have a look at this Perl program: use fyle; tie $counter,"fyle";   $counter = $counter + 1; print ("This is access no. $counter\n"); Apart from the rather curious module loaded at the top, this seems to take an undefined variable, set it to one, and print it out. What a - err - pointless (!) ...
2009-08-28
 
Examples from our training material
ac2   Using a tie class to force lower case
ac3   Using a tie class to force lower case
acm2   tieing a text file to a hash
acmagic   Persistant hash - NOT lost when the program exits
acnlook   Tieing a database file to a hash
acnset1   Crreating a database file through tie
acnset2   Tying a text file to a hash
ah   Tieing a variable to change its behaviour
alias_list   Accessing Unix's aliases database directly
allcodes   tied hash, unique key solution
aphash.pm   tie class definition - an appending hash
bowtie   Using a variable tied to a file
codes   location lookup
codes2   Place lookup without tie - variables are cas sensitive
flash.pm   Appending hash tie class definition
fyle.pm   links a variable to a file
game   Appliaction that uses a scalar as a stack
lower.pm   Tie class to force all strings to lower case
persist   Persistant variable via a tie class
pwl2   Looking up user accounts, case insensitive
pwlook   Looking up users, case sensitive
stack.pm   Tie class that hides a stack under a scalar
textfile.pm   tie class that treats a file as a scalar
thash.pm   Tie class to access a disc file as a hash, with caching
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Background information
Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from [here].
Topics covered in this module
Tieing to scalars, hashes and lists.
Tieing to a scalar.
Tieing to a hash.
Tieing to make data more permanent.
Tieing a text file to a scalar.
Tieing a text file to a hash.
Tieing to database files.
Accessing system databases.
Tieing lists.
Tieing File Handles.
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