# phpman > man > Text::Abbrev(3pm)

## NAME
    [Text::Abbrev](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Text%3A%3AAbbrev/markdown) - abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list

## SYNOPSIS
        use [Text::Abbrev](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Text%3A%3AAbbrev/markdown);
        abbrev $hashref, LIST

## DESCRIPTION
    Stores all unambiguous truncations of each element of LIST as keys in the associative array
    referenced 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));