Test::Data(3pm)

✨ Test::Data ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to Test::Data (that's the Test::Data(3pm) situation, User Contributed Perl Documentation edition) — literally the manual page for Test::Data, and it's giving "utility functions to check ur data's whole vibe." no cap. 🫶

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💖 NAME 💖

Test::Data — test functions for particular variable types. that's it, that's the name, slay. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use Test::Data qw(Scalar Array Hash Function);

that's literally all u need to type to get started, bestie. four little words in the qw(), one big glow-up. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so Test::Data hands u utility functions that check the properties and values of data and variables. like, it's a vibe check but for ur variables. 💅

🎀 Functions 🎀

plug-in modules define functions for each data type. go look at the appropriate module, okay?? each one does its own thing and it's iconic for that. ⭐

🧚 How it works 🧚

okay the tea: the Test::Data module simply emports functions from Test::Data::* modules. yes, emports. we keep it exactly as written, it's part of the lore. 🙈

each module defines a self-contained function, and puts that function name into @EXPORT. Test::Data defines its own import function, but honestly that does not matter to the plug-in modules — they don't care, they're booked and busy. 💜

want to write ur own plug-in module?? main character move, go off. follow the example of one that already exists. name the module Test::Data::Foo, where u replace Foo with the right name. Test::Data should automatically find it. no extra config, no drama, it just ✨finds it✨. 🌈

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💀 BUGS 💀

ok so real talk: "I'm not a very good Windows Perler, so some things don't work as they should on Windows." 😭

they recently got a Windows box so they can actually test things now, but if u run into problems — pls, they can use all the patches or advice you care to send. all of it. every crumb. send it. 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Test::Data::Scalar
• Test::Data::Array
• Test::Data::Hash
• Test::Data::Function
• Test::Builder

go read those too, iykyk. 👑

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🌈 SOURCE AVAILABILITY 🌈

the source lives in Github:

https://github.com/briandfoy/test-data

click it, clone it, star it, it's the whole vibe. ⭐

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

brian d foy, "<briandfoy@pobox.com>"

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🎀 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 🎀

Copyright © 2002-2025, brian d foy <briandfoy@pobox.com>. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.

legal speak but make it cute: yes u can redistribute and/or modify it, just keep it under the Artistic License 2.0. periodt. 💅

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 🎀✨ this was Test::Data(3pm) from perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-04-17 — go forth and test ur data, u absolute icon. 💖🦋👑