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