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I am a beginner in programming. I have a large piece of code. I want to break it up into functions, return values, pass those values to another function. I want to be an expert in doing this. Give me suggestions on where to study or how to be an expertise on these simple fundamentals. When will I use pointers in the functions and all this?

daxim
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  • perl is the language i am using nw – Sreeja Jul 29 '10 at 06:17
  • "Learning Perl" is a good book with exercises. – Alexandr Ciornii Jul 29 '10 at 10:01
  • Beginning perl is free online, after that I recommend reading Perl Best Practices – xenoterracide Jul 29 '10 at 12:44
  • This is essentially a duplicate of [What is the single most influential book every programmer should read?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1711/what-is-the-single-most-influential-book-every-programmer-should-read?tab=votes) -- start at the top of the books recommended there and work your way down. – Ether Jul 29 '10 at 16:55

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As a beginner,

Best way to learn Perl is to read standard book e.g.; Programming Perl by the inventor itself.

This book helps you to understand lot of things like

  • Subroutines
  • Data structures
  • References etc etc.
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    For a beginner, reading [*Learning Perl* (5th edition)](http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596520113/) beforehand is advisable. – daxim Jul 29 '10 at 07:33
  • @daxim: That's true, agreed but if we know the basic of programming, then we can also read Programming Perl too.Thanks – Nikhil Jain Jul 29 '10 at 07:40