bionic (3) delnum.3.gz

NAME

       delnum - delete an element of a num_list

SYNOPSYS

       #include "mut.h"
       num_list ∗delnum(pthead, ptdel)
       num_list ∗pthead, ∗ptdel;

PARAMETERS

       pthead              Pointer to a num list

       ptdel               Pointer to the element to be deleted.

DESCRIPTION

       delnum  deletes  the  element  of the num_list pointed to by ptdel in the list pointed to by pthead.  The
       list consistency is maintainded, and the element put back in the list of free blocks.

RETURN VALUE

       delnum returns a pointer to the new head of list if the ptdel pointer used to belong to the list. In most
       case, it has the value of pthead. If the pointer doesn't belong to the list, NULL is returned.

ERROR

       "∗∗∗ mbk error ∗∗∗ delnum impossible : pointer NULL"
              At  least  one  of the arguments are pointing to NULL, and that clear that such a pointer can't be
              deleted.

EXAMPLE

       #include "mut.h"
       void delete_match(c0, c1)
       num_list ∗c1, ∗c2;
       {
       num_list ∗t0, ∗t1, ∗next;
          for (t0 = c0; t0; t0 = next)
             for (t1 = c1; t1; t1 = t1->NEXT)
                if (t1->DATA == t0->DATA)
                   next = delnum(c0, t0);
       }

SEE ALSO

       mbk(1), num(3), addnum(3), freenum(3).