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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(7) 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(7), standards(7)

September 10, 2004 SEARCH.H(3HEAD)