my %key;
if ($_[0] =~ /^(.+?):(.+?)$/) {

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        $key{'name'} = $1;
        $key{'definition'} = $2;
        $key{'altdefinition'} = '';

##</code><code>##

} elsif ($_[0] =~ /^(.+?)\|(.+?)$/) {

        $key{'name'} = $1;
        $key{'altdefinition'} = $2;
        $key{'definition'} = '';