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{{Infobox book
| name          = Perl Cookbook
| image         = Perl Cookbook.jpg
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Perl Cookbook First Edition Cover.jpg|200px|First edition]] -->
| caption = Second edition
| author        = [[Tom Christiansen]]<br />Nathan Torkington
| country       =  United States
| language      = English
| subject       = 
| genre         = 
| publisher     = [[O'Reilly Media]]
| pub_date      = August 1998
| pages         = 964
| isbn =  1-56592-243-3 |isbn_note= (First edition)<br />{{ISBN|0-596-00313-7}} (Second edition)
}}

The '''''Perl Cookbook''''', {{ISBN|0-596-00313-7}}, is a book containing solutions to common short tasks in Perl.  Each chapter covers a particular topic area ("Strings", "Ties, Objects, and Classes", "CGI"){{R|salus}} and is divided into around a dozen ''recipes'' each on a particular problem ("Reversing A String By Word Or Character", "Accessing Overridden Methods", "Managing Cookies").  Each recipe has four parts: "Problem", "Solution", "Discussion", and "See Also".

The Perl Cookbook is written by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington, and published by [[O'Reilly Media|O'Reilly]].  The Perl Cookbook inspired the PLEAC (Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook) website, which translated the code snippets in the Perl Cookbook into other languages: [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[GNU Guile|Guile]], [[Tcl]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], and beyond.  O'Reilly went on to publish other Cookbooks inspired by the Perl Cookbook's format, including Java Cookbook, Python Cookbook, CSS Cookbook, and PHP Cookbook.

Some related books are ''[[Learning Perl]]'' and ''[[Advanced Perl Programming]]''.

== Reception ==
The ''Perl Cookbook'' has been referred to as "the definitive Perl book"{{R|mcclure-scambray}}, "the ultimate Perl Grabbag",{{R|moorhouse-barry}} and "an essential book for the advanced development of Perl skills".{{R|dyer}}

== Editions ==
* First edition (1998; 794 pages; {{ISBN|1-56592-243-3}})
* Second edition (2003; 964 pages; {{ISBN|0-596-00313-7}})

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=40em|refs=
<ref name="mcclure-scambray">{{cite journal
 | last1 = McClure | first1 = Stuart
 | last2 = Scambray | first2 = Joel
 | title = SecurityWatch: Perl scripts can help you batten down your Internet hatches
 | journal = InfoWorld
 | publisher = InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.
 | date = 1999-03-15
 | pages = 49
}}</ref>
<ref name="moorhouse-barry">{{cite book
 | last1 = Moorhouse | first1 = Michael
 | last2 = Barry | first2 = Paul
 | title = Bioinformatics, Biocomputing and Perl
 | url = https://archive.org/details/bioinformaticsbi00moor_445 | url-access = limited | publisher = John Wiley & Sons
 | date = 2004-07-26
 | isbn = 0-470-85331-X
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/bioinformaticsbi00moor_445/page/n464 463]
}}</ref>
<ref name="dyer">{{cite journal
 | last = Dyer | first = Russell
 | title = Review: Perl Cookbook
 | journal = [[Dr. Dobb's Journal]]
 | publisher = [[UBM TechWeb]]
 | date = 2004-02-01
 | url = http://drdobbs.com/web-development/184416090
 | accessdate = 2011-06-24
}}</ref>
<ref name="salus">{{cite journal
 | last = Salus | first = Peter H. | authorlink = Peter H. Salus
 | title = The Bookworm
 | journal = [[;login:]]
 | publisher = [[USENIX]]
 | date = 1999-02-01
 | url = http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/1998-12/bookworm.html
 | accessdate = 2011-06-24
}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781565922433/ O'Reilly Online Catalog: Perl Cookbook]
*[http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlckbk2/ O'Reilly Online Catalog: Perl Cookbook, 2nd edition]
*[http://pleac.sourceforge.net/ PLEAC home page]

[[Category:1998 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:2003 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:O'Reilly Media books]]
[[Category:Books about Perl]]


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