get_config_string(3alleg4)					  Allegro manual					get_config_string(3alleg4)

NAME

       get_config_string - Retrieves a string from the configuration file. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       const char *get_config_string(const char *section, const char *name, const char *def);

DESCRIPTION

       Retrieves  a string variable from the current config file. The section name may be set to NULL to read variables from the root of the file,
       or used to control which set of parameters (eg. sound or joystick) you are interested in reading. Example:

	  const char *lang = get_config_string("system", "language", "EN");

RETURN VALUE

       Returns a pointer to the constant string found in the configuration file.  If the named variable cannot be found, or its entry in the  con-
       fig file is empty, the value of `def' is returned.

SEE ALSO

       set_config_file(3alleg4),   set_config_string(3alleg4),	 get_config_argv(3alleg4),   get_config_float(3alleg4),   get_config_hex(3alleg4),
       get_config_int(3alleg4), get_config_id(3alleg4), get_config_text(3alleg4), exconfig(3alleg4)

Allegro 							   version 4.4.2					get_config_string(3alleg4)