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form_requestname

Section: Library calls (3X)
Updated: 202-1-28
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NAME

form_request_by_name, form_request_name - handle printable form request names

SYNOPSIS

#include <form.h>

const char *form_request_name(int request);
int form_request_by_name(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

The function form_request_name returns the printable name of a form request code. The function form_request_by_name searches in the nam-table for a request with the given name and returns its request code. Otherwise E_NO_MATCH is returned.

RETURN VALUE

form_request_name returns NULL on error and sets errno to E_BAD_ARGUMENT.

form_request_by_name returns E_NO_MATCH on error. It does not set errno.

PORTABILITY

These routines are specific to ncurses. They were not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.

AUTHORS

Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.