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This is to announce version 2.1 of Array::Lookup, a Perl 5 module which
performs a search through an array of strings, allowing for
abbreviation of the search key.

The Lookup subroutine is especially handy for doing keyword lookups in
an array or hash table, where the keyword may be abbreviated.  Exact
matches are give priority over abbreviated matches. 

The module has embedded POD text with which man or HTML pages can be
created.

For detailed usage information, you can do:

    pod2man Array::Lookup.pm | nroff -man 

The module is accompanied with a Perl Makefile.PL, this README, a 
test program (test.pl), a reference test output file, and the GNU 
License, under which this software is freely available.

To install this software, following this procedure:

    gunzip Array-Lookup-2.1.tar.gz
    tar xvf Array-Lookup-2.1.tar
    cd Array-Lookup-2.1
    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test && make install

The archives are available at the usual CPAN sites.  You can get 
to your nearest CPAN site via:

    http://www.perl.org/CPAN

Contributions or improvements are welcome.
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Alan Stebbens <aks@sgi.com>      http://reality.sgi.com/aks