search.h (0p) - Linux Manuals
search.h: search tables
NAME
search.h - search tables
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The <search.h> header shall define the ENTRY type for structure entry which shall include the following members:
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char *key void *data
and shall define ACTION and VISIT as enumeration data types through type definitions as follows:
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enum { FIND, ENTER } ACTION; enum { preorder, postorder, endorder, leaf } VISIT;
The size_t type shall be defined as described in <sys/types.h> .
The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.
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int hcreate(size_t); void hdestroy(void); ENTRY *hsearch(ENTRY, ACTION); void insque(void *, void *); void *lfind(const void *, const void *, size_t *, size_t, int (*)(const void *, const void *)); void *lsearch(const void *, void *, size_t *, size_t, int (*)(const void *, const void *)); void remque(void *); void *tdelete(const void *restrict, void **restrict, int(*)(const void *, const void *)); void *tfind(const void *, void *const *, int(*)(const void *, const void *)); void *tsearch(const void *, void **, int(*)(const void *, const void *)); void twalk(const void *, void (*)(const void *, VISIT, int ));
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
RATIONALE
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
SEE ALSO
<sys/types.h>, the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, hcreate(), insque(), lsearch(), remque(), tsearch()