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.IX Title "Doc::Perldl 3pm"
.TH Doc::Perldl 3pm "2016-10-10" "perl v5.24.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
PDL::Doc::Perldl \- commands for accessing PDL doc database from 'perldl' shell
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This module provides a simple set of functions to
access the \s-1PDL\s0 documentation of database, for use
from the \fIperldl\fR or \fIpdl2\fR shells as well as the
\&\fIpdldoc\fR command-line program.
.PP
Autoload files are also matched, via a search of the \s-1PDLLIB\s0 autoloader
tree.  That behavior can be switched off with the variable 
\&\f(CW$PERLDL::STRICT_DOCS\fR (true: don't search autoload tree; false: search
the autoload tree.)
.PP
Currently, multiple matches are not handled very well.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& use PDL::Doc::Perldl; # Load all documentation functions
.Ve
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
The description contains the misleading word \*(L"simple\*(R".
.SH "FUNCTIONS"
.IX Header "FUNCTIONS"
.SS "apropos"
.IX Subsection "apropos"
Regex search \s-1PDL\s0 documentation database
.PP
.Vb 1
\& apropos \*(Aqtext\*(Aq
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.PP
.Vb 6
\& pdl> apropos \*(Aqpic\*(Aq
\& rpic            Read images in many formats with automatic format detection.
\& rpiccan         Test which image formats can be read/written
\& wmpeg           Write an image sequence ((x,y,n) piddle) as an MPEG animation.
\& wpic            Write images in many formats with automatic format selection.
\& wpiccan         Test which image formats can be read/written
.Ve
.PP
To find all the manuals that come with \s-1PDL,\s0 try
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  apropos \*(Aqmanual:\*(Aq
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.PP
and to get quick info about \s-1PDL\s0 modules say
.PP
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\&  apropos \*(Aqmodule:\*(Aq
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.PP
You get more detailed info about a \s-1PDL\s0 function/module/manual
with the \f(CW\*(C`help\*(C'\fR function
.SS "PDL::Doc::Perldl::search_docs"
.IX Subsection "PDL::Doc::Perldl::search_docs"
Internal routine to search docs database and autoload files
.SS "PDL::Doc::Perldl::finddoc"
.IX Subsection "PDL::Doc::Perldl::finddoc"
Internal interface to the \s-1PDL\s0 documentation searcher
.SS "find_autodoc"
.IX Subsection "find_autodoc"
Internal helper routine that finds and returns documentation in the autoloader
path, if it exists.  You feed in a topic and it searches for the file
\&\*(L"${topic}.pdl\*(R".  If that exists, then the filename gets returned in a 
match structure appropriate for the rest of finddoc.
.SS "usage"
.IX Subsection "usage"
Prints usage information for a \s-1PDL\s0 function
.PP
.Vb 1
\& Usage: usage \*(Aqfunc\*(Aq
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.Vb 1
\&   pdl> usage \*(Aqinner\*(Aq
\&
\&   inner           inner prodcuct over one dimension
\&                   (Module PDL::Primitive)
\&
\&   Signature: inner(a(n); b(n); [o]c(); )
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.SS "sig"
.IX Subsection "sig"
prints signature of \s-1PDL\s0 function
.PP
.Vb 1
\& sig \*(Aqfunc\*(Aq
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.PP
The signature is the normal dimensionality of the
function's arguments.  Calling with different dimensions
doesn't break \*(-- it causes threading.  See \s-1PDL::PP\s0 for details.
.PP
.Vb 2
\&  pdl> sig \*(Aqouter\*(Aq
\&    Signature: outer(a(n); b(m); [o]c(n,m); )
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.SS "whatis"
.IX Subsection "whatis"
Describe a perl and/or \s-1PDL\s0 variable or expression.  Useful for
determining the type of an expression, identifying the keys in a hash
or a data structure, or examining \s-1WTF\s0 an unknown object is.
.PP
.Vb 2
\& Usage: whatis $var
\&        whatis <expression>
.Ve
.SS "help"
.IX Subsection "help"
print documentation about a \s-1PDL\s0 function or module or show a \s-1PDL\s0 manual
.PP
In the case of multiple matches, the first command found is printed out,
and the remaining commands listed, along with the names of their modules.
.PP
.Vb 1
\& Usage: help \*(Aqfunc\*(Aq
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 3
\& pdl> help \*(AqPDL::Tutorials\*(Aq # show the guide to PDL tutorials
\& pdl> help \*(AqPDL::Slices\*(Aq    # show the docs in the PDL::Slices module
\& pdl> help \*(Aqslice\*(Aq          # show docs on the \*(Aqslice\*(Aq function
.Ve
.SS "badinfo"
.IX Subsection "badinfo"
provides information on the bad-value support of a function
.PP
And has a horrible name.
.PP
.Vb 1
\& badinfo \*(Aqfunc\*(Aq
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