Subj : ANNOUNCE: Tie::RegexpHash v0.10
To   : All
From : Robert Rothenburg
Date : Wed Feb 07 2001 03:02 pm

From: Robert Rothenburg <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>


NAME
    Tie::RegexpHash - Use regular expressions as hash keys

REQUIREMENTS
    `Tie::RegexpHash' is written for and tested on Perl 5.6.0.

    It uses only standard modules.

SYNOPSIS
      use Tie::RegexpHash;

      my %hash;
      tie %hash, 'Tie::RegexpHash';

      $hash{ qr/^5(\s+|-)?gal(\.|lons?)?/i } = '5-GAL';

      $hash{'5 gal'};     # returns "5-GAL"
      $hash{'5GAL'};      # returns "5-GAL"
      $hash{'5  gallon'}; # also returns "5-GAL"

      my $rehash = Tie::RegexpHash->new();

      $rehash->add( qr/\d+(\.\d+)?/, "contains a number" );
      $rehash->add( qr/s$/,          "ends with an \`s\'" );

      $rehash->match( "foo 123" );  # returns "contains a number"
      $rehash->match( "examples" ); # returns "ends with an `s'"

DESCRIPTION
    This module allows one to use regular expressions for hash keys, so
that
    values can be associated with anything that matches the key.

    Hashes can be operated on using the standard tied hash interface in
    Perl, or using an object-orineted interface described.

    More detailed documentation is described in the module's POD.

AVAILABILITY

  It should show up soon at a CPAN mirror near you in as:

    $CPAN/authors/id/R/RR/RRWO/Tie-RegexpHash-0.10.tar.gz

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