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29.Dd November 28, 1999
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.Nd stringlist manipulation functions
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libc
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In stringlist.h
43.Ft StringList *
44.Fn sl_init
45.Ft int
46.Fn sl_add "StringList *sl" "char *item"
47.Ft void
48.Fn sl_free "StringList *sl" "int freeall"
49.Ft char *
50.Fn sl_find "StringList *sl" "const char *item"
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Nm
54functions manipulate stringlists, which are lists of
55strings that extend automatically if necessary.
56.Pp
57The
58.Vt StringList
59structure has the following definition:
60.Bd -literal -offset indent
61typedef struct _stringlist {
62	char	**sl_str;
63	size_t	  sl_max;
64	size_t	  sl_cur;
65} StringList;
66.Ed
67.Bl -tag -width "sl_str" -offset indent
68.It Va sl_str
69a pointer to the base of the array containing the list.
70.It Va sl_max
71the size of
72.Va sl_str .
73.It Va sl_cur
74the offset in
75.Va sl_str
76of the current element.
77.El
78.Pp
79The following stringlist manipulation functions are available:
80.Bl -tag -width "sl_init()"
81.It Fn sl_init
82Create a stringlist.
83Returns a pointer to a
84.Vt StringList ,
85or
86.Dv NULL
87in case of failure.
88.It Fn sl_free
89Releases memory occupied by
90.Fa sl
91and the
92.Fa sl->sl_str
93array.
94If
95.Fa freeall
96is non-zero, then each of the items within
97.Fa sl->sl_str
98is released as well.
99.It Fn sl_add
100Add
101.Fa item
102to
103.Fa sl->sl_str
104at
105.Fa sl->sl_cur ,
106extending the size of
107.Fa sl->sl_str .
108Returns zero upon success, \-1 upon failure.
109.It Fn sl_find
110Find
111.Fa item
112in
113.Fa sl ,
114returning NULL if it is not found.
115.El
116.Sh SEE ALSO
117.Xr free 3 ,
118.Xr malloc 3
119.Sh HISTORY
120The
121.Nm
122functions appeared in
123.Fx 2.2.6
124and
125.Nx 1.3 .
126