Search::Dict(3)						       Search::Dict(3)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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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