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