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- ;# Usage: &look(*FILEHANDLE,$key,$dict,$fold)
- #
- # This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
- # compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
- #
- # In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
- # programming techniques.
- #
- ;# Sets file position in FILEHANDLE to be first line greater than or equal
- ;# (stringwise) to $key. Pass flags for dictionary order and case folding.
-
- sub look {
- local(*FH,$key,$dict,$fold) = @_;
- local($max,$min,$mid,$_);
- local($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,$atime,$mtime,$ctime,
- $blksize,$blocks) = stat(FH);
- $blksize = 8192 unless $blksize;
- $key =~ s/[^\w\s]//g if $dict;
- $key = lc $key if $fold;
- $max = int($size / $blksize);
- while ($max - $min > 1) {
- $mid = int(($max + $min) / 2);
- seek(FH,$mid * $blksize,0);
- $_ = <FH> if $mid; # probably a partial line
- $_ = <FH>;
- chop;
- s/[^\w\s]//g if $dict;
- $_ = lc $_ if $fold;
- if ($_ lt $key) {
- $min = $mid;
- }
- else {
- $max = $mid;
- }
- }
- $min *= $blksize;
- seek(FH,$min,0);
- <FH> if $min;
- while (<FH>) {
- chop;
- s/[^\w\s]//g if $dict;
- $_ = lc $_ if $fold;
- last if $_ ge $key;
- $min = tell(FH);
- }
- seek(FH,$min,0);
- $min;
- }
-
- 1;
-