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diff --git a/doc/GetIndex.3 b/doc/GetIndex.3 index 50607ae..fc6f40b 100644 --- a/doc/GetIndex.3 +++ b/doc/GetIndex.3 @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -.so man.macros .TH Tcl_GetIndexFromObj 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.so man.macros .BS .SH NAME Tcl_GetIndexFromObj, Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct \- lookup string in table of keywords @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int Interpreter to use for error reporting; if NULL, then no message is provided on errors. .AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in/out -The string value of this object is used to search through \fItablePtr\fR. +The string value of this value is used to search through \fItablePtr\fR. The internal representation is modified to hold the index of the matching table entry. .AP "const char *const" *tablePtr in @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ The index of the string in \fItablePtr\fR that matches the value of .SH DESCRIPTION .PP These procedures provide an efficient way for looking up keywords, -switch names, option names, and similar things where the value of -an object must be one of a predefined set of values. +switch names, option names, and similar things where the literal value of +a Tcl value must be chosen from a predefined set. \fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR compares \fIobjPtr\fR against each of the strings in \fItablePtr\fR to find a match. A match occurs if \fIobjPtr\fR's string value is identical to one of the strings in @@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ each of several array elements. .SH "SEE ALSO" prefix(n), Tcl_WrongNumArgs(3) .SH KEYWORDS -index, object, table lookup +index, option, value, table lookup |