- Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook
- Copyright
- Credits
- About the Author
- Acknowledgment
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. The Tcl Shell
- 2. Using the Building Blocks Control Constructs
- 3. Error Handling
- 4. Handling String Expressions
- Introduction
- Appending to a string
- Formatting a string
- Matching a regular expression within a string
- Performing character substitution on a string
- Parsing a string using conversion specifiers
- Determining the length of a string
- Comparing strings
- Comparing a string of characters
- Locating the first instance of a character
- Locating the index of a character
- Determining the class of a string
- Locating the last instance of a string
- Determining the size of a string
- Replacing values within a string
- Locating a pattern within a string
- Returning a range of characters from a string
- Creating a string of repeated characters
- Replacing ranges of characters contained within a string
- Creating a reverse string
- Converting a string to lowercase
- Converting a string to title
- Converting a string to uppercase
- Trimming a string
- Trimming leading whitespace
- Trimming trailing whitespace
- Locating the word end
- Locating the word start
- Performing variable substitution
- 5. Expanding String Functionality Using Lists
- Introduction
- Creating a list
- Joining two lists
- Joining list elements
- Appending list elements
- Assigning list elements to variables
- Retrieving an element from a list
- Inserting elements into a list
- Determining the number of elements
- Getting a list element
- Repeating elements
- Replacing elements
- Reversing elements
- Searching a list
- Editing a list
- Sorting a list
- Splitting a string into a list
- 6. The Tcl Dictionary
- Introduction
- Creating a dictionary
- Appending to a dictionary
- Determining if a key exists
- Filtering a dictionary
- Searching a dictionary
- Getting a record
- Incrementing a value
- Getting the dictionary structure
- Getting a list of keys
- Appending to an existing record
- Merging two dictionaries
- Creating a blank dictionary structure
- Updating variables from a dictionary
- Determining the size of a dictionary
- Getting all records
- Assigning values
- 7. File Operations
- 8. Tk GUI Programming with Tcl/Tk
- 9. Configuring and Controlling Tk Widgets
- 10. Geometry Management
- 11. Using Tcl Built-in Dialog Windows
- 12. Creating and Managing Menus
- 13. Creating the Address Book Application
Bert Wheeler was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky and is one of five sons. After graduating from high school he entered the United States Navy and later retired in 1997, after 20 years as an Air Traffic Controller. Following his military career, Bert returned to college and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in computer science.
After completion of his degree, Bert worked in all aspects of the IT and software industries in numerous positions including Software Design and Development, Project and Product Management, Director of Information Technologies, and Director of Engineering Services. He continues to work and his primary area of expertise is in the design and implementation of physical security solutions in the Access Control arena throughout the world.
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