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find_datafile_object(3alleg4)					  Allegro manual				     find_datafile_object(3alleg4)

NAME

       find_datafile_object - Searches a datafile for an object with a name. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       DATAFILE *find_datafile_object(const DATAFILE *dat, const char *objectname);

DESCRIPTION

       Searches  an  already  loaded  datafile	for  an  object with the specified name. In the name you can use `/' and `#' separators for nested
       datafile paths. Example:

	  char level_name[10];
	  DATAFILE *dat, *level;
	  ...
	  uszprintf(level_name, sizeof(buffer),
		    "LEVEL_%02d", level_number);
	  level = find_datafile_object(dat, level_name);
	  if (!level)
	     abort_on_error("That level doesn't exist!");

RETURN VALUE

       Returns a pointer to a single DATAFILE element whose `dat' member points to the object, or NULL if the object could not be found.

SEE ALSO

       load_datafile(3alleg4), load_datafile_object(3alleg4)

Allegro 							   version 4.4.2				     find_datafile_object(3alleg4)