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Starbase C Interface

Alphabetical listing

Header Routines

table_header - read the table header from a file.
table_hdrput - output a table header.
table_hdrfree - release memory of the table header structures when done.
table_hdrnth - returns the nth header keyword.
table_hdrval - access a header value.
table_hdrvald - return the header value as a double.
table_hdrvali - return the header value an integer.
table_hdrvaln - return the number of values in this header keyword.
table_hdrvals - return a copy of the column value made with with
table_hdrfind - return the row structure that holds the header value
table_mode - set the table i/o mode.
table_ofs - change the output field separator.
table_ors - change the output record separator.

Column Routines

table_coladd - add a column to the table.
table_colarg - parse a table program column argument.
table_colnam - returns the name of the column number.
table_colnum - look up a column in a table header.
table_colval - get the value from the column.
table_colvald - get the value from the column.
table_colvali - get the value from the column.
table_colvals - get the value from the column.

Row Routines

table_rowfree - release memory of the row structures when done.
table_rowget - read the next row from a table file.
table_rowput - output a table row.
table_ncol - return the number of column in a table row structure.

Fast Searching

table_search - set up to search a table using a fast access method
table_srange - search a table for a range using a fast access method
table_svalue - search a table for a value using a fast access method

Loading data into an array of user data structures

table_load - load a table directly into a data structure.
table_loadva - load a table directly into a data structure from varargs table

Low Level Routines

table_parsline - parse a line from a table file.
table_rowtrim - trim blanks out of a row structure.
table_colpad - pad column output for justification.
table_rowloc - low level table row descriptor allocation.

Other

table_extract - extract a table from a multi table file.

SEE ALSO

starbase.1 starbase data table introduction.
starbase.3 starbase data table C library.
starbase.5 starbase data table file format.

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