NAME
dtefld - find effective dictionary field numberSYNOPSIS
#includeint dtefld (fp, fieldname) DICT *fp; char *fieldname; DESCRIPTION
Dtefld looks up fieldname in an open RMS dictionary file. Fieldname points to a string of ASCII characters representing the name of the field. Fp is the value returned from dtdict(C-3) or dtopen(C-3). If the field found is not an alias field, dtefld returns its field number. If the field is an alias field, dtefld returns the field number of the corresponding non-alias field.SEE ALSO
dtdict(C-3), dtopen(C-3), dtfindn(C-3) Chapter 4, RMS Programming Guide DIAGNOSTICS A value of -1 is returned if the field is not in the RMS dictionary file or if fp is not an opened RMS dictionary file.