LSEARCH(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							LSEARCH(3)

NAME

       lfind, lsearch - linear search of an array

SYNOPSIS

       #include <search.h>

       void *lfind(const void *key, const void *base, size_t *nmemb,
		size_t size, int(*compar)(const void *, const void *));

       void *lsearch(const void *key, void *base, size_t *nmemb,
		size_t size, int(*compar)(const void *, const void *));

DESCRIPTION

       lfind() and lsearch() perform a linear search for key in the array base which has *nmemb elements of size bytes each.  The comparison func-
       tion referenced by compar is expected to have two arguments which point to the key object and to an array member, in that order, and  which
       returns zero if the key object matches the array member, and nonzero otherwise.

       If lsearch() does not find a matching element, then the key object is inserted at the end of the table, and *nmemb is incremented.  In par-
       ticular, one should know that a matching element exists, or that more room is available.

RETURN VALUE

       lfind() returns a pointer to a matching member of the array, or NULL if no match is found.  lsearch() returns a pointer to a matching  mem-
       ber of the array, or to the newly added member if no match is found.

CONFORMING TO

       SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.  Present in libc since libc-4.6.27.

BUGS

       The naming is unfortunate.

SEE ALSO

       bsearch(3), hsearch(3), tsearch(3)

COLOPHON

       This  page is part of release 3.27 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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								    1999-09-27								LSEARCH(3)