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NAME
- FindName
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find a system list node with a given name
SYNOPSIS
node = FindName(start, name)
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struct Node *FindName(struct List *, STRPTR);
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struct Node *FindName(struct List *, STRPTR);
FUNCTION
Traverse a system list until a node with the given name is found. To find multiple occurrences of a string, this function may be called with a node starting point.
No arbitration is done for access to the list! If multiple Tasks access the same list, an arbitration mechanism such as SignalSemaphores must be used.
No arbitration is done for access to the list! If multiple Tasks access the same list, an arbitration mechanism such as SignalSemaphores must be used.
INPUTS
- start
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a list header or a list node to start the search (if node, this one is skipped)
- name
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a pointer to a name string terminated with NULL
RESULT
- node
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a pointer to the node with the same name else zero to indicate that the string was not found.