NAME

simple string array functions

SYNOPSIS

#include <text/text.h>

DESCRIPTION

These functions operate on simple string arrays.  They are part of the text library, libtext.  The link editor searches this library under the "-ltext" option.  Declarations for these functions may be obtained from the master include file <text/text.h>. 

SUMMARY

char ∗∗ ArrayFromFile (char ∗file);

Reads file, and returns a null terminated array of allocated strings containing the lines of the file, or zero in the event of an error. 

char ∗∗ ArrayFromString (char ∗s);

s is an array containing one or more strings separated by white space or colons.  Returns a null terminated array of strings containing the components of s. 

void FreeStringArray (char ∗∗a);

Releases the storage associated with a, an array of strings as returned by ArrayFromFile() or ArrayFromString(). 

SEE ALSO

text(3)

NeXT, Inc.  —  July 7, 1989