Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 BASIC PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS - 1 -- 3 BASIC PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS - 2 -- 4 WORKING WITH TEXT (BASIC STRING HANDLING) -- 5 WORKING WITH STORED DATA (BASIC FILE HANDLING) -- 6 IDENTIFYING TEXTUAL PATTERNS (BASIC AND EXTENDED REGULAR EXPRESSIONS) -- 7 MODIFYING TEXTUAL PATTERNS (SUBSTITUTION AND TRANSLITERATION) -- 8 GETTING THINGS INTO THE RIGHT ORDER (BASIC SORTING) -- 9 ELEMENTARY TEXTS STATS (CREATING BASIC FREQUENCY LISTS) -- 10 MORE REPETITIVENESS OR HOW TO TIE THINGS TOGETHER (INTRODUCING MODULARITY) -- 11 OBJECTS -- 12 GETTING GRAPHICAL (SIMPLE USER INTERFACES) -- 13 CONCLUSION -- Appendix A SAMPLE SOLUTIONS -- Appendix B HOW TO GET FURTHER HELP ON PERL -- REFERENCES -- INDEX