---
name: "Text::Abbrev"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-5.004-doc"
version: "5.004.05-6"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Text::Abbrev/3pm"
---

# Text::Abbrev(3pm)

create an abbreviation table from a list

## NAME

abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Text::Abbrev;
    abbrev $hashref, LIST
```

## DESCRIPTION

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

```
    $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));
```