[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / modpods / Abbrev.pod

=head1 NAME

abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use Abbrev;
    abbrev *HASH, LIST


=head1 DESCRIPTION

Stores all unambiguous truncations of each element of LIST
as keys key in the associative array indicated by C<*hash>.
The values are the original list elements.

=head1 EXAMPLE

    abbrev(*hash,qw("list edit send abort gripe"));
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a0d0e21e	1	=head1 NAME
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	3	abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list
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	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
	6
	7	use Abbrev;
	8	abbrev *HASH, LIST
	9
	10
	11	=head1 DESCRIPTION
	12
	13	Stores all unambiguous truncations of each element of LIST
	14	as keys key in the associative array indicated by C<*hash>.
	15	The values are the original list elements.
	16
	17	=head1 EXAMPLE
	18
	19	abbrev(*hash,qw("list edit send abort gripe"));