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test::data::hash

Hash(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation						 Hash(3pm)

NAME

       Test::Data::Hash -- test functions for hash variables

SYNOPSIS

	       use Test::Data qw(Hash);

DESCRIPTION

       This modules provides a collection of test utilities for hash variables.  Load the module through Test::Data.

   Functions
       exists_ok( KEY, HASH [, NAME] )
	   Ok if the value for KEY in HASH exists.  The function does not create KEY in HASH.

       not_exists_ok( KEY, HASH [, NAME] )
	   Ok if the value for KEY in HASH does not exist.  The function does not create KEY in HASH.

       hash_value_defined_ok( KEY, HASH [, NAME] )
	   Ok if the value for KEY in HASH is defined.	The function does not create KEY in HASH.

       hash_value_undef_ok( KEY, HASH [, NAME] )
	   Ok if the value for KEY in HASH is undefined.  The function does not create KEY in HASH.

       hash_value_true_ok( KEY, HASH [, NAME] )
	   Ok if the value for KEY in HASH is true.  The function does not create KEY in HASH.

       hash_value_false_ok( KEY, HASH [, NAME] )
	   Ok if the value for KEY in HASH is false.  The function does not create KEY in HASH.

SEE ALSO

       Test::Data, Test::Data::Array, Test::Data::Function, Test::Data::Scalar, Test::Builder

SOURCE AVAILABILITY

       This source is in Github:

	       http://github.com/briandfoy/test-data/tree/master

AUTHOR

       brian d foy, "<bdfoy@cpan.org>"

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2002-2009 brian d foy.  All rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2009-02-12								 Hash(3pm)