1Heap::Elem::Str(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Heap::Elem::Str(3)
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6 Heap::Elem::Str - String Heap Elements
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9 use Heap::Elem::Str( StrElem );
10 use Heap::Fibonacci;
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12 my $heap = Heap::Fibonacci->new;
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15 foreach $i ( 'aa'..'bz' ) {
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25 Heap::Elem::Str is used to wrap string values into an element that can
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30 The details of the Elem interface are described in Heap::Elem.
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32 The details of using a Heap interface are described in Heap.
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35 John Macdonald, john@perlwolf.com
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38 Copyright 1998-2007, O'Reilly & Associates.
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40 This code is distributed under the same copyright terms as perl itself.
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43 Heap(3), Heap::Elem(3), Heap::Elem::StrRev(3).
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