Jerusalem Perl Mongers Contest
From JmPm
1. wantarray
a returns the value of an array, comma separated b returns true if subroutine is looking for a list c creates a new array d creates an array from a list
2. who wrote CGI.pm
a Max Stein b Abraham Stein c Lincoln Stein d Abraham Lincoln
3. what does this print out
$x=’y’; $y=’x’; $$y=’z’; print $x;
a (nothing) b x c y d z
4. what does this code do
=~('(?{'.('/,@.]{'^'_^)@)[').'"'.('`@,_[_@@-{+@,@{-@.]@,_'^'*%^*(>,%@[{%^,[`/@:%^}').',$/})')
a changes a Mac file to a Windows file b prints Jerusalem Perl Monger c prints Just Another Perl Hacker d doesn’t compile
5. What is UNIVERSAL
a the base class b a general variable c makes modules work on all versions of perl d makes perl rule over the entire universe
6. what was the original name of the Perl Mongers
a Perl Mavens b Perl Maniacs c Perl Mungers d Perl /M((o|u)ngers|aniacs)*/
7. in which is $a an object
a $a->{b}
b $a->(b)
c $a->&b
d $a->$b
8. which was not referred to in Larry Wall’s lecture at OSDC Feb 2006 Israel
a Chess b Golf c Anthropology d Winnie the Pooh
9. What is \G
a non upper case character b turn off regex metacharacters c turn off capturing/grouping parentheses d start of match or end of previous match
10. when was Perl 1.0 released
a 1987 b 1990 c 1993 d it was never released: perl started with Perl 2.0
11. what does MASON do
a builds CGI programs with Perl b builds correct Perl programs c embeds Perl in HTML d embeds HTML in Perl
12. $\
a output record separator b output field separator c output autoflush d list separator
13. why use bind
a so the SQL statement can be re-parsed each time b so that query information can be stored in the cache c so the parameters can be identified with field names d so that the execution of the query will come right after the preparation
14. what is &@
sub mysubroutine(&@){...}
a a closure b an attribute c a prototype d a tied array
15. orna
a pragma for proper script indentation b affects the appearance of the perl debugger c negates the logical or operator d the name of a typical perl programmer
16. what does this do
[$x=>$y]->[$x<=$y]
a reverses an array ref b reticulates the spline of $x and $y c gets the minimum of $x and $y d copies a function to a scalar (deprecated)
