Reference: look
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:52:04Z

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| Chapter 8 Standard Modules |

## look

    look *fh, key, dict, fold

Performs string search and sets the position in filehandle fh to the first line with a key equal to or greater than key. Returns the new file position, or -1 in case of error. Takes the following arguments:

fh

  Filehandle of the dictionary file.

key

  Key to search for.

dict

  If true, searches in dictionary order, considering only word characters and whitespace.

fold

  If true, ignore case.

8.127 Search::Dict |  | 8.127 Search::Dict