lives in automatic variables on the stack.
TYPE_INTEGER
- Integer data, parsable to an integer by <STRONG>atoi(3)</STRONG>. Required parame-
- ters:
+ Integer data, parsable to an integer by <STRONG>atoi(3)</STRONG>. Required
+ parameters:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> a third <STRONG>int</STRONG> argument controlling the precision,
<STRONG>o</STRONG> a fourth <STRONG>long</STRONG> argument constraining minimum value,
<STRONG>o</STRONG> a fifth <STRONG>long</STRONG> constraining maximum value. If the maximum value
- is less than or equal to the minimum value, the range is sim-
- ply ignored.
+ is less than or equal to the minimum value, the range is
+ simply ignored.
On return, the field buffer is formatted according to the <STRONG>printf</STRONG>
- format specification ".*ld", where the "*" is replaced by the pre-
- cision argument.
+ format specification ".*ld", where the "*" is replaced by the
+ precision argument.
For details of the precision handling see <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>.
TYPE_NUMERIC
- Numeric data (may have a decimal-point part). Required parame-
- ters:
+ Numeric data (may have a decimal-point part). Required
+ parameters:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> a third <STRONG>int</STRONG> argument controlling the precision,
or equal to the minimum value, the range is simply ignored.
On return, the field buffer is formatted according to the <STRONG>printf</STRONG>
- format specification ".*f", where the "*" is replaced by the pre-
- cision argument.
+ format specification ".*f", where the "*" is replaced by the
+ precision argument.
For details of the precision handling see <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- The functions <STRONG>field_type</STRONG> and <STRONG>field_arg</STRONG> return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error. The func-
- tion <STRONG>set_field_type</STRONG> returns one of the following:
+ The functions <STRONG>field_type</STRONG> and <STRONG>field_arg</STRONG> return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error. The
+ function <STRONG>set_field_type</STRONG> returns one of the following:
<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not sup-
- ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
+ These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not
+ supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>