01-14-2008
passing a variable inside a variable to a function
I would like to know how to pass a variable inside a variable to a function.
sample code below
--------------
for x in 1 9
do
check_null $C$x ##call function to check if the value is null
if [ $? -eq 1 ]
then
echo "line number:$var_cnt, message: field is not null"
fi
done
--------------
C1 has a value, as does C9
I need to pass values stored in C1 and C9 to the function
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks
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elf_errmsg(3ELF) ELF Library Functions elf_errmsg(3ELF)
NAME
elf_errmsg, elf_errno - error handling
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lelf [ library ... ]
#include <libelf.h>
const char *elf_errmsg(int err);
int elf_errno(void);
DESCRIPTION
If an ELF library function fails, a program can call elf_errno() to retrieve the library's internal error number. As a side effect, this
function resets the internal error number to 0, which indicates no error.
The elf_errmsg() function takes an error number, err, and returns a null-terminated error message (with no trailing new-line) that
describes the problem. A zero err retrieves a message for the most recent error. If no error has occurred, the return value is a null
pointer (not a pointer to the null string). Using err of -1 also retrieves the most recent error, except it guarantees a non-null return
value, even when no error has occurred. If no message is available for the given number, elf_errmsg() returns a pointer to an appropriate
message. This function does not have the side effect of clearing the internal error number.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 A sample program of calling the elf_errmsg() function.
The following fragment clears the internal error number and checks it later for errors. Unless an error occurs after the first call to
elf_errno(), the next call will return 0.
(void)elf_errno();
/* processing ... */
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ATTRIBUTES
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
elf(3ELF), libelf(3LIB), attributes(5)
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