Online HelpPC 2.10 Quick Reference Utility Copyright 1991 David Jurgens
void *lsearch(void *key,void *base,int *nelem,int width,int (*fcmp)())
- prototype in stdlib.h
- does linear search in unsorted table for key
- base points to 0th element of table
- nelem integer pointer to number of entries in table
- width contains number of bytes in each entry
- key points to the search key
- fcmp points to comparison routine, where key and elem are passed
to it as pointers. fcmp returns:
integer < 0 if search key < elem
integer = 0 if equal;
integer > 0 if search key > elem
- returns 0 if no match found, else address of first matching entry
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