DTFINDN C-3

NAME

dtfindn - find nth field in dictionary

SYNOPSIS

#include <cbase/dirio.h>

struct fd *dtfindn (fp, n)

DICT *fp;

int n;

DESCRIPTION

Dtfindn looks up the nth field in an open RMS dictionary file. The dictionary fields are numbered starting at 1.

Fp is the value returned from dtdict(C-3) or dtopen(C-3).

The value returned is a pointer to a structure defined in the include file <cbase/dirio.h>.

SEE ALSO

dtdict(C-3), dtopen(C-3), dtfind(C-3)

Chapter 4,

RMS Programming Guide

DIAGNOSTICS

A value of NULL is returned if the field is not in the RMS dictionary file or if fp is not an opened RMS dictionary file.

NOTES

The returned value points to static data whose contents are overwritten with every call.