Biber::Sections(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, say hi to Biber::Sections — it's the lil container object that holds a whole bunch of Biber::Section objects together. the manual page you're reading is Biber::Sections(3pm), one of the User Contributed Perl Documentation pages, and yes she's serving utility ✨

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🌸 METHODS 🌸

🎀 new

Initialize a Biber::Sections object. brand new baby, fresh out the box, no cap 💅

🎀 get_num_sections

Gets the number of Biber::Section objects. literally just counting your sections for you 🧮

🎀 get_section

Gets a Biber::Section by number from the Biber::Sections object. you want the third one? say the number, she'll grab it 🫶

🎀 get_sections

Gets an sorted array ref of all Biber::Section objects. (yes, "an sorted", we're quoting the original vibe, don't come for me 😭) all of them. in a sorted array ref. slay ✨

🎀 add_section

Adds a Biber::Section to the Biber::Sections object. new section just dropped 🔥

🎀 delete_section

Deletes a section.

Mainly used in test scripts. so like, if you're deleting sections in your actual production code, bestie… that's a choice 🙈

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

Philip Kime <philip at kime.org.uk> — the icon, the moment, the legend 💜

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🦋 BUGS 🦋

Please report any bugs or feature requests on our Github tracker at <https://github.com/plk/biber/issues>.

not me begging you to actually file the issue instead of just complaining in the group chat 💀 the tracker is right there, use it 🫶

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🌈 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE 🌈

Copyright 2009-2012 François Charette and Philip Kime, all rights reserved. Copyright 2012-2026 Philip Kime, all rights reserved.

This module is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

okay that last bit is the legal version of "no promises, bestie" — zero warranty, none, nada. use her, love her, but she's not guaranteeing anything, fr fr ⭐

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and that's the whole page!! 💖 this one's running under perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-14 — so go forth, collect your sections, sort your array refs, and stay iconic 🎀✨🦋💅