DTFIND C-3


NAME



dtfind - find dictionary field

SYNOPSIS



#include

struct fd *dtfind (fp, fieldname)
DICT *fp;
char *fieldname;

DESCRIPTION



Dtfind 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).

The value returned is a pointer to a structure that is defined in
.

SEE ALSO



dtdict(C-3), dtopen(C-3), dtfindn(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.