find_datafile_object(3alleg)

find_datafile_object3alleg

Searches a datafile for an object with a name. allegro game programming library.

Usage

#include <allegro.h>

DATAFILE *find_datafile_object(const DATAFILE *dat, const char *objectname);

Overview

Searches an already loaded datafile for an object with the specified name. In the name you can use `/' and `#' separators for nested datafile paths. Example:

   char level_name[10];
   DATAFILE *dat, *level;
   ...
   uszprintf(level_name, sizeof(buffer),
             "LEVEL_%02d", level_number);
   level = find_datafile_object(dat, level_name);
   if (!level)
      abort_on_error("That level doesn't exist!");

Return value

Returns a pointer to a single DATAFILE element whose `dat' member points to the object, or NULL if the object could not be found.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0–6.0

From liballegro-doc 2:4.2.2-2.2 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.