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38.Dd February 24, 1997
39.Os NetBSD 1.3
40.Dt STRINGLIST 3
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm stringlist ,
43.Nm sl_init ,
44.Nm sl_add ,
45.Nm sl_free ,
46.Nm sl_find
47.Nd stringlist manipulation functions
48.Sh SYNOPSIS
49.Fd #include <stringlist.h>
50.Ft StringList *
51.Fn sl_init
52.Ft void
53.Fn sl_add "StringList *sl" "char *item"
54.Ft void
55.Fn sl_free "StringList *sl" "int freeall"
56.Ft char *
57.Fn sl_find "StringList *sl" "char *item"
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
60.Nm
61functions manipulate stringlists, which are lists of
62strings that extend automatically if necessary.
63.Pp
64The
65.Ar StringList
66structure has the following definition:
67.Bd -literal -offset indent
68typedef struct _stringlist {
69	char	**sl_str;
70	size_t	  sl_max;
71	size_t	  sl_cur;
72} StringList;
73.Ed
74.Pp
75.Bl -tag -width "sl_str" -offset indent
76.It Ar sl_str
77a pointer to the base of the array containing the list.
78.It Ar sl_max
79the size of
80.Ar sl_str .
81.It Ar sl_cur
82the offset in
83.Ar sl_str
84of the current element.
85.El
86.Pp
87The following stringlist manipulation functions are available:
88.Bl -tag -width "sl_init()"
89.It Fn sl_init
90Create a stringlist.
91Returns a pointer to a
92.Ar StringList .
93.It Fn sl_free
94Releases memory occupied by
95.Ar sl
96and the
97.Ar sl->sl_str
98array.
99If
100.Ar freeall
101is non-zero, then each of the items within
102.Ar sl->sl_str
103is released as well.
104.It Fn sl_add
105Add
106.Ar item
107to
108.Ar sl->sl_str
109at
110.Ar sl->sl_cur ,
111extending the size of
112.Ar sl->sl_str
113.It Fn sl_find
114Find
115.Ar item
116in
117.Ar sl ,
118returning NULL if it's not found.
119.El
120.Sh SEE ALSO
121.Xr free 3 ,
122.Xr malloc 3
123