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Starbase C Interface

• Alphabetical listing

Header Routines

• table_header - read the table header from a file.
• table_hdrput - output a table header.

• table_hdrfree - release memory of the table header structures when done.

• table_hdrnth - returns the nth header keyword.
• table_hdrval - access a header value.
• table_hdrvald - return the header value as a double.
• table_hdrvali - return the header value an integer.
• table_hdrvaln - return the number of values in this header keyword.
• table_hdrvals - return a copy of the column value made with with

• table_hdrfind - return the row structure that holds the header value

• table_mode - set the table i/o mode.
• table_ofs - change the output field separator.
• table_ors - change the output record separator.

Column Routines

• table_coladd - add a column to the table.
• table_colarg - parse a table program column argument.
• table_colnam - returns the name of the column number.

• table_colnum - look up a column in a table header.

• table_colval - get the value from the column.
• table_colvald - get the value from the column.
• table_colvali - get the value from the column.
• table_colvals - get the value from the column.

Row Routines

• table_rowfree - release memory of the row structures when done.
• table_rowget - read the next row from a table file.
• table_rowput - output a table row.
• table_ncol - return the number of column in a table row structure.

Fast Searching

• table_search - set up to search a table using a fast access method
• table_srange - search a table for a range using a fast access method
• table_svalue - search a table for a value using a fast access method

Loading data into an array of user data structures

• table_load - load a table directly into a data structure.
• table_loadva - load a table directly into a data structure from varargs table

Low Level Routines

• table_parsline - parse a line from a table file.
• table_rowtrim - trim blanks out of a row structure.
• table_colpad - pad column output for justification.
• table_rowloc - low level table row descriptor allocation.

Other

• table_extract - extract a table from a multi table file.

SEE ALSO

• starbase.1 starbase data table introduction.
• starbase.3 starbase data table C library.
• starbase.5 starbase data table file format.