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32.Dd September, 1999
33.Dt MENU_PATTERN 3
34.Os BSD 4
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm menu_pattern ,
37.Nm set_menu_pattern
38.Nd menu library
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libmenu
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <menu.h>
43.Ft char *
44.Fn menu_pattern "MENU *menu"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn menu_pattern
48function returns a pointer to the string that is currently in the menu
49pattern buffer.  The menu pattern buffer can be set by calling
50.Fn set_menu_pattern
51which will set the pattern buffer to the string passed and then
52attempt to match that string against the names of the items in the
53attached items.
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55The functions return one of the following error values:
56.Pp
57.ta 20
58.nf
59E_OK			The function was successful
60E_SYSTEM_ERROR		There was a system error during the call.
61E_BAD_ARGUMENT		One or more of the arguments passed to the function
62			was incorrect.
63E_NO_MATCH		The character search failed to find a match.
64.fi
65.ft 1
66.br
67.ne 8
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr curses 3 ,
70.Xr menus 3
71.Sh NOTES
72The header
73.Xr <menus.h>
74automatically includes both
75.Xr <curses.h>
76and
77.Xr <eti.h>
78
79