


Search::Dict(3p) Perl Programmers Reference GuideSearch::Dict(3p)


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 any-
       thing but word characters and whitespace).

       If $fold is true, ignore case.






































1997-11-30                 perl v5.6.1                          1


