Add short entry to Examples.pod describing Reader

diff --git a/perl-module/Examples.pod b/perl-module/Examples.pod
index fc3f016777dee06431fbb53a9dfaac40f74a269b..cb286ca19c12dbef9c6966888f4555d05da49c26 100644 (file)
--- a/perl-module/Examples.pod
+++ b/perl-module/Examples.pod
@@ -102,4 +102,45 @@ that it be correctly represented by pspp.
        
        $sysfile->close();
 
+=head2  Reading data
+
+Data can be read from a system file or other source:
+
+       use PSPP;
+
+       my $sf = PSPP::Reader->open ("foo.sav");
+
+       my $dict = $sf->get_dict ();
+
+
+Once opened, the dictionary can be used like any other.
+
+       for ($v = 0 ; $v < $dict->get_var_cnt() ; $v++)
+       {
+           my $var = $dict->get_var ($v);
+
+           # Print the variables
+           my $name = $var->get_name ();
+           my $label = $var->get_label ();
+           print "Var: $name, Label: $label\n";
+
+           # Retrieve and print the value labels
+           my $vl = $var->get_value_labels ();
+           print "$_: $vl->{$_}\n" for keys %$vl;
+       }
+
+
+Reading of data must be done sequentially using the C<get_next_case> method.
+
+       while (my $c = $sf->get_next_case () )
+       {
+           my $v;
+           for ($v = 0; $v < $dict->get_var_cnt(); $v++)
+           {
+               print "val$v: @$c[$v] ";
+           }
+           print "\n";
+       }
+
+
 =cut
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