Search::Dict(3) Perl Programmers Reference Guide 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.
16/Sep/1999 perl 5.005, patch 03 1