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Search::Dict(3)


NAME

  Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file


SYNOPSIS

      use Search::Dict;
      look *FILEHANDLE, $key, $dict, $fold;


DESCRIPTION

  Sets file position in FILEHANDLE to be first line greater than or equal
  (stringwise) to $key.	 Returns the new file position, or -1 if an error
  occurs.

  The flags specify dictionary order and case folding:

  If $dict is true, search by dictionary order (ignore anything but word
  characters and whitespace).

  If $fold is true, ignore case.

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