07-10-2019
NF number of fields
$1 first field
$2 field 2
$NF last field
$(NF-1) second last field
sub() substitute
gsub() globally substitute, apply multiple subsequent substitutions
sub("/", "-", $NF) substitute a / with a - in the last field
gsub("/", "-", $NF) globally substitute a / with a - in the last field
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field_type
form_field_validation(3CURSES) Curses Library Functions form_field_validation(3CURSES)
NAME
form_field_validation, set_field_type, field_type, field_arg - forms field data type validation
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lform -lcurses [ library... ]
#include <form.h>
int set_field_type(FIELD *field, FIELDTYPE *type...);
FIELDTYPE *field_type(FIELD *field);
char *field_arg(FIELD *field);
DESCRIPTION
set_field_type() associates the specified field type with field. Certain field types take additional arguments. TYPE_ALNUM, for instance,
requires one, the minimum width specification for the field. The other predefined field types are: TYPE_ALPHA, TYPE_ENUM, TYPE_INTEGER,
TYPE_NUMERIC, and TYPE_REGEXP.
field_type() returns a pointer to the field type of field. NULL is returned if no field type is assigned.
field_arg() returns a pointer to the field arguments associated with the field type of field. NULL is returned if no field type is
assigned.
RETURN VALUES
field_type() and field_arg() return NULL on error.
set_field_type() returns one of the following:
E_OK The function returned successfully.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Unsafe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
curses(3CURSES), forms(3CURSES), attributes(5)
NOTES
The header <form.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.
SunOS 5.11 31 Dec 1996 form_field_validation(3CURSES)