Text::Abbrev(3)						       Text::Abbrev(3)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     abbrev - create an	abbreviation table from	a list

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

	 use Text::Abbrev;
	 abbrev	$hashref, LIST

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     Stores all	unambiguous truncations	of each	element	of LIST	as keys	key in
     the associative array referenced to by $hashref.  The values are the
     original list elements.

EXAMPLE    [Toc]    [Back]

	 $hashref = abbrev qw(list edit	send abort gripe);

	 %hash = abbrev	qw(list	edit send abort	gripe);

	 abbrev	$hashref, qw(list edit send abort gripe);

	 abbrev(*hash, qw(list edit send abort gripe));


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