#!/usr/bin/perl use Search::Dict; use Tk; use strict; my $file = 'd.search'; # combined *sorted* file with phone numbers open my $fh, '<', $file or die "$0: $! opening $file"; my $mw = new MainWindow; my $label = $mw->Label( -font => 'fixed 40', -height => 3, )->pack(-fill => 'x'); $mw->Entry( -font => 'fixed 40', -validate => 'key', -vcmd => \&test, )->pack->focus; test(''); # do once before first key MainLoop; ############################################ sub test { tr/0-9//cd for my $n = shift; $label->configure( length $n == 0 ? (-bg => 'gold', -text => 'enter number below') : length $n < 10 ? (-bg => 'yellow', -text => 'need more digits') : length $n > 10 ? (-bg => 'yellow', -text => 'too many digits') : look($fh, $n, 0, 0) >= 0 && <$fh> == $n ? (-bg => 'red', -text => 'DO NOT CALL !!') : (-bg => 'green', -text => 'go ahead and call')); return 1; }