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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.Pp
70.Bl -tag -width "sl_str" -offset indent
71.It Va sl_str
72a pointer to the base of the array containing the list.
73.It Va sl_max
74the size of
75.Va sl_str .
76.It Va sl_cur
77the offset in
78.Va sl_str
79of the current element.
80.El
81.Pp
82The following stringlist manipulation functions are available:
83.Bl -tag -width "sl_init()"
84.It Fn sl_init
85Create a stringlist.
86Returns a pointer to a
87.Vt StringList ,
88or
89.Dv NULL
90in case of failure.
91.It Fn sl_free
92Releases memory occupied by
93.Fa sl
94and the
95.Fa sl->sl_str
96array.
97If
98.Fa freeall
99is non-zero, then each of the items within
100.Fa sl->sl_str
101is released as well.
102.It Fn sl_add
103Add
104.Fa item
105to
106.Fa sl->sl_str
107at
108.Fa sl->sl_cur ,
109extending the size of
110.Fa sl->sl_str .
111Returns zero upon success, \-1 upon failure.
112.It Fn sl_find
113Find
114.Fa item
115in
116.Fa sl ,
117returning NULL if it is not found.
118.El
119.Sh SEE ALSO
120.Xr free 3 ,
121.Xr malloc 3
122.Sh HISTORY
123The
124.Nm
125functions appeared in
126.Fx 2.2.6
127and
128.Nx 1.3 .
129