1Search::Dict(3pm)      Perl Programmers Reference Guide      Search::Dict(3pm)
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NAME

6       Search::Dict - look - search for key in dictionary file
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SYNOPSIS

9           use Search::Dict;
10           look *FILEHANDLE, $key, $dict, $fold;
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12           use Search::Dict;
13           look *FILEHANDLE, $params;
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DESCRIPTION

16       Sets file position in FILEHANDLE to be first line greater than or equal
17       (stringwise) to $key.  Returns the new file position, or -1 if an error
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20       The flags specify dictionary order and case folding:
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22       If $dict is true, search by dictionary order (ignore anything but word
23       characters and whitespace).  The default is honour all characters.
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25       If $fold is true, ignore case.  The default is to honour case.
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27       If there are only three arguments and the third argument is a hash
28       reference, the keys of that hash can have values "dict", "fold", and
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32       If a comparison subroutine (comp) is defined, it must return less than
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36       If a transformation subroutine (xfrm) is defined, its value is used to
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