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36.Dd July 27, 2006
37.Os
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.Nm sl_delete
46.Nd stringlist manipulation functions
47.Sh LIBRARY
48.Lb libc
49.Sh SYNOPSIS
50.In stringlist.h
51.Ft StringList *
52.Fn sl_init
53.Ft int
54.Fn sl_add "StringList *sl" "char *item"
55.Ft void
56.Fn sl_free "StringList *sl" "int freeall"
57.Ft char *
58.Fn sl_find "StringList *sl" "const char *item"
59.Ft int
60.Fn sl_delete "StringList *sl" "const char *item" "int freeit"
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62The
63.Nm
64functions manipulate stringlists, which are lists of
65strings that extend automatically if necessary.
66.Pp
67The
68.Ar StringList
69structure has the following definition:
70.Bd -literal -offset indent
71typedef struct _stringlist {
72	char	**sl_str;
73	size_t	  sl_max;
74	size_t	  sl_cur;
75} StringList;
76.Ed
77.Pp
78.Bl -tag -width "sl_str" -offset indent
79.It Ar sl_str
80a pointer to the base of the array containing the list.
81.It Ar sl_max
82the size of
83.Ar sl_str .
84.It Ar sl_cur
85the offset in
86.Ar sl_str
87of the current element.
88.El
89.Pp
90The following stringlist manipulation functions are available:
91.Bl -tag -width "sl_init()"
92.It Fn sl_init
93Create a stringlist.
94Returns a pointer to a
95.Ar StringList ,
96or
97.Dv NULL
98in case of failure.
99.It Fn sl_free
100Releases memory occupied by
101.Ar sl
102and the
103.Ar sl-\*[Gt]sl_str
104array.
105If
106.Ar freeall
107is non-zero, then each of the items within
108.Ar sl-\*[Gt]sl_str
109is released as well.
110.It Fn sl_add
111Add
112.Ar item
113to
114.Ar sl-\*[Gt]sl_str
115at
116.Ar sl-\*[Gt]sl_cur ,
117extending the size of
118.Ar sl-\*[Gt]sl_str .
119Returns zero upon success, \-1 upon failure.
120.It Fn sl_find
121Find
122.Ar item
123in
124.Ar sl ,
125returning
126.Dv NULL
127if it's not found.
128.It Fn sl_delete
129Remove
130.Ar item
131from the list.
132If
133.Ar freeit
134is non-zero, the string is freed.
135Returns
136.Dv 0
137if the name is found
138and
139.Dv \-1
140if the name is not found.
141.El
142.Sh SEE ALSO
143.Xr free 3 ,
144.Xr malloc 3
145.Sh HISTORY
146The
147.Nm
148functions appeared in
149.Nx 1.3 .
150