PMPRINTVALUE(3) 					     Library Functions Manual						   PMPRINTVALUE(3)

NAME

       pmPrintValue - print a performance metric value

C SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       void pmPrintValue(FILE *f, int valfmt, int type, const pmValue *val, int minwidth);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION

       The value of a single performance metric (as identified by val) is printed on the standard I/O stream identified by f.

       The value of the performance metric is interpreted according to the format of val as defined by valfmt (from a pmValueSet within a pmResult
       structure; see pmFetch(3)) and the generic description of the metrics type passed in via type.

       The value for type is typically extracted from a pmDesc structure, following a call to pmLookupDesc(3) for a particular performance metric.

       The output will be optionally padded to be at least minwidth characters wide.

       pmPrintValue is most useful for displaying values of performance metrics from pmFetch(3) (which returns a set of valfmt and val	pairs  for
       each requested metric), based upon the metrics type as returned from pmLookupDesc(3).

SEE ALSO

       PMAPI(3), pmAtomStr(3), pmConvScale(3), pmExtractValue(3), pmFetch(3), pmLookupDesc(3), pmTypeStr(3) and pmUnitsStr(3).

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