---
name: "checkloconorder"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "alliance"
version: "5.1.1-3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/checkloconorder"
---

# checkloconorder(3)

checks the consistency of a list of logical connectors

## NAME

checkloconorder - checks the consistency of a list of logical connectors

## SYNOPSYS

```
#include "mlo.h"
void checkloconorder(connectors)
locon_list ∗connectors;
```

## PARAMETERS

- *connectors*

  Pointer to the head of the connector list that is to be sorted

## DESCRIPTION

**checkloconorder** checks the list of logical connectors pointed to by *∗connectors* for conformity towards **mbk**(1) consistency rules. Checks are done to warranty :

- **order**

  the functions checks that vectorized connectors are ordered and evolve monotonically, with a step of 1.

- **name unicity**

  Vector radicals may not appear as single entity.

- **name validity**

  No space should appear in the name, but a single one followed by a number in a vector.

## ERRORS

**"∗∗∗ mbk error ∗∗∗ radical** *name* **already used in a** **connector"**

The *name* is already used in a connector, either vectorized or not, and therefore cannot be used once more. This ensures that **f** and **f 3** will not be used simultaneously.

**"∗∗∗ mbk error ∗∗∗ the radical** *name* **has a spurious**  **vectorized value"**

The *name* is seen as a vector in **mbk**(1), but its index is not a number or some text follows that number.

**"∗∗∗ mbk error ∗∗∗ the radical** *name* **is not** **vectorized properly"**

The *name* is seen as a vector in **mbk**(1), but its index changes in such a way that it is not monotonically increasing or decreasing with a step of 1.

## EXAMPLE

```
#include "mlo.h"
void savewithcheck(figname)
char ∗figname;
{
lofig_list ∗figure = getlocon(figname, 'A');
  checkloconorder(figure->LOCON);
  savelofig(figure);
}
```

## SEE ALSO

**mbk**(1), [**locon**(3)](/locon/3.md), [**addlocon**(3)](/addlocon/3.md), [**dellocon**(3)](/dellocon/3.md), [**checkloconorder**(3)](/checkloconorder/3.md), [**qsort**(3)](/qsort/3.md).