FcPatternBuild(3)														 FcPatternBuild(3)

NAME

       FcPatternBuild, FcPatternVaBuild, FcPatternVapBuild - Create patterns from arguments

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fontconfig.h>

       FcPattern * FcPatternBuild (FcPattern *pattern, ...);

       FcPattern * FcPatternVaBuild (FcPattern *pattern, va_list va);

       void FcPatternVapBuild (FcPattern *result, FcPattern *pattern, va_list va);

DESCRIPTION

       Builds a pattern using a list of objects, types and values.  Each value to be entered in the pattern is specified with three arguments:

       1. Object name, a string describing the property to be added.

       2. Object type, one of the FcType enumerated values

       3. Value,  not  an FcValue, but the raw type as passed to any of the FcPatternAdd<type> functions.  Must match the type of the second argu-
	  ment.

       The argument list is terminated by a null object name, no object type nor value need be passed for this.  The values  are  added  to  `pat-
       tern', if `pattern' is null, a new pattern is created.  In either case, the pattern is returned. Example

       pattern = FcPatternBuild (0, FC_FAMILY, FcTypeString, "Times", (char *) 0);

       FcPatternVaBuild  is  used  when  the  arguments are already in the form of a varargs value. FcPatternVapBuild is a macro version of FcPat-
       ternVaBuild which returns its result directly in the result variable.

VERSION

       Fontconfig version 2.9.0

								   16 April 2012						 FcPatternBuild(3)