Search::Dict(3) 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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