Searches for a key in an ordered text file and sets the file position. Exports one function.
| look |
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, ignores case
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