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diff --git a/doc/GetIndex.3 b/doc/GetIndex.3 index 4cacdb2..342069a 100644 --- a/doc/GetIndex.3 +++ b/doc/GetIndex.3 @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: GetIndex.3,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:48 stanton Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: GetIndex.3,v 1.3 1999/04/16 00:46:31 stanton Exp $ '\" .so man.macros -.TH Tcl_GetIndexFromObj 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.TH Tcl_GetIndexFromObj 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" .BS .SH NAME Tcl_GetIndexFromObj \- lookup string in table of keywords @@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ Tcl_GetIndexFromObj \- lookup string in table of keywords \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR .sp int -\fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, tablePtr, msg, flags, indexPtr\fR) +\fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, tablePtr, msg, flags, +indexPtr\fR) +.VS +.sp +int +\fBTcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, tablePtr, offset, +msg, flags, indexPtr\fR) +.VE .SH ARGUMENTS .AS Tcl_Interp **tablePtr .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in @@ -29,6 +36,11 @@ table entry. .AP char **tablePtr in An array of null-terminated strings. The end of the array is marked by a NULL string pointer. +.VS +.AP int offset in +The offset to add to tablePtr to get to the next string in the +list. The end of the array is marked by a NULL string pointer. +.VE .AP char *msg in Null-terminated string describing what is being looked up, such as \fBoption\fR. This string is included in error messages. @@ -68,7 +80,18 @@ is invoked again with the same \fIobjPtr\fR and \fItablePtr\fR arguments (e.g. during a reinvocation of a Tcl command), it returns the matching index immediately without having to redo the lookup operation. Note: \fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR assumes that the entries -in \fItablePtr\fR are static: they must not change between invocations. +in \fItablePtr\fR are static: they must not change between +invocations. +.VS +.PP +\fBTcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct\fR works just like +\fBTcl_GetIndexFromObj\fR, except that instead of treating +\fItablePtr\fR as an array of string pointers, it treats it as the +first in a series of string ptrs that are spaced apart by \fIoffset\fR +bytes. This is particularly useful when processing things like +\fBTk_ConfigurationSpec\fR, whose string keys are in the same place in +each of several array elements. +.VE .SH "SEE ALSO" Tcl_WrongNumArgs |