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search.h(3HEAD)                                                       Headers                                                      search.h(3HEAD)

NAME

       search.h, search - search tables

SYNOPSIS

       #include <search.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The <search.h> header defines the ENTRY type for structure entry, which includes the following members:

       char *key
       void *data

       and defines ACTION and VISIT as enumeration data types through type definitions as follows:

       enum { FIND, ENTER } ACTION;
       enum { preorder, postorder, endorder, leaf } VISIT;

       The size_t type is defined as described in <sys/types.h>. See types.h(3HEAD).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Standard                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       hsearch(3C), insque(3C), lsearch(3C), tsearch(3C), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          10 Sep 2004                                                    search.h(3HEAD)