DTFIND C-3





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NAME


dtfind - find dictionary field

SYNOPSIS


#include 

struct fd *dtfind (fp, fieldname)
DICT *fp;
char *fieldname;

DESCRIPTION


Dtfind 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).

The value returned is a pointer to a structure that is defined in
.

SEE ALSO


dtdict(C-3), dtopen(C-3), dtfindn(C-3)
Chapter 4, RMS Programming Guide

DIAGNOSTICS

A value of NULL is returned if the field is not in the RMS
dictionary file or if fp is not an opened RMS dictionary file.

NOTES


The returned value points to static data whose contents are
overwritten with every call.