This course provides an introduction to programming using Perl and at the end of the training, participants could write simple Perl programs to handle biological data and to undertstand more complex Perl programs written by others.
Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Linux (Linux for dummies required)
Program Perl data structures (scalar,arrays, hashes) Structure control ( loops) Basic functions, and operators. Writing and running your own program Passing options and files to his own script. Regular expressions
Learning objectives Writing simple Perl programs to analyze data files Understanding Perl programs written by others Using Perl basic syntax and modules in their own script Run programs from their script, parsing and extracting data from data files