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29.Dd May 6, 2010
30.Dt STRINGLIST 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm stringlist ,
34.Nm sl_init ,
35.Nm sl_add ,
36.Nm sl_free ,
37.Nm sl_find ,
38.Nm sl_delete
39.Nd stringlist manipulation functions
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libc
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In stringlist.h
44.Ft StringList *
45.Fn sl_init
46.Ft int
47.Fn sl_add "StringList *sl" "char *item"
48.Ft void
49.Fn sl_free "StringList *sl" "int freeall"
50.Ft char *
51.Fn sl_find "StringList *sl" "const char *item"
52.Ft int
53.Fn sl_delete "StringList *sl" "const char *item" "int freeit"
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57functions manipulate stringlists, which are lists of
58strings that extend automatically if necessary.
59.Pp
60The
61.Ar StringList
62structure has the following definition:
63.Bd -literal -offset indent
64typedef struct _stringlist {
65	char	**sl_str;
66	size_t	  sl_max;
67	size_t	  sl_cur;
68} StringList;
69.Ed
70.Pp
71where:
72.Bl -tag -width "sl_str" -offset indent
73.It Ar sl_str
74is a pointer to the base of the array containing the list,
75.It Ar sl_max
76is the size of
77.Ar sl_str ,
78and
79.It Ar sl_cur
80is the offset in
81.Ar sl_str
82of the current element.
83.El
84.Pp
85The following stringlist manipulation functions are available:
86.Bl -tag -width "sl_delete()" -offset 2n
87.It Fn sl_init
88Create a stringlist.
89Returns a pointer to a
90.Ar StringList ,
91or
92.Dv NULL
93in case of failure.
94.It Fn sl_free
95Releases memory occupied by
96.Ar sl
97and the
98.Ar sl-\*[Gt]sl_str
99array.
100If
101.Ar freeall
102is non-zero, then each of the items within
103.Ar sl-\*[Gt]sl_str
104is released as well.
105.It Fn sl_add
106Add
107.Ar item
108to
109.Ar sl-\*[Gt]sl_str
110at
111.Ar sl-\*[Gt]sl_cur ,
112extending the size of
113.Ar sl-\*[Gt]sl_str .
114Returns zero upon success, \-1 upon failure.
115.It Fn sl_find
116Find
117.Ar item
118in
119.Ar sl ,
120returning
121.Dv NULL
122if it's not found.
123.It Fn sl_delete
124Remove
125.Ar item
126from the list.
127If
128.Ar freeit
129is non-zero, the string is freed.
130Returns
131.Dv 0
132if the name is found
133and
134.Dv \-1
135if the name is not found.
136.El
137.Sh SEE ALSO
138.Xr free 3 ,
139.Xr malloc 3
140.Sh HISTORY
141The
142.Nm
143functions appeared in
144.Nx 1.3 .
145