DTEFLD C-3

NAME

dtefld - find effective dictionary field number

SYNOPSIS

#include

int dtefld (fp, fieldname)
DICT *fp;
char *fieldname;

DESCRIPTION

Dtefld looks up fieldname in an open RMS dictionary file.
Fieldname points to a string of ASCII characters representing the
name of the field.

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

If the field found is not an alias field, dtefld returns its
field number. If the field is an alias field, dtefld returns the
field number of the corresponding non-alias field.

SEE ALSO

dtdict(C-3), dtopen(C-3), dtfindn(C-3)
Chapter 4, RMS Programming Guide

DIAGNOSTICS

A value of -1 is returned if the field is not in the RMS
dictionary file or if fp is not an opened RMS dictionary file.