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29.Dd March 26, 2011
30.Os
31.Dt DWARF_FIND_MACRO_VALUE_START 3
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_find_macro_value_start
34.Nd return the address of the first byte of a macro value
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft char *
40.Fo dwarf_find_macro_value_start
41.Fa "char *macro_string"
42.Fc
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44Given a DWARF macro string, function
45.Fn dwarf_find_macro_value_start
46returns a pointer to the first byte of the macro value part of the
47macro string.
48.Pp
49Argument
50.Ar macro_string
51should be a NUL-terminated string conforming to the macro format
52defined in the DWARF standard; see
53.Xr dwarf 4 .
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55On success, function
56.Fn dwarf_find_macro_value_start
57returns a pointer to the first byte of the macro value.
58If the macro value part was not found, function
59.Fn dwarf_find_macro_value_start
60returns a pointer to the NUL-byte terminating argument
61.Ar macro_string .
62.Pp
63Function
64.Fn dwarf_find_macro_value_start
65returns NULL if argument
66.Ar macro_string
67was NULL.
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr dwarf 3 ,
70.Xr dwarf_get_macro_details 3
71