NAME

       gd_entry_type — retrieve the type of a Dirfile field

SYNOPSIS

       #include <getdata.h>

       gd_entype_t gd_entry_type(const DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *field_code);

DESCRIPTION

       The  gd_entry_type()  function  queries  a dirfile(5) database specified by dirfile and returns the field
       type of the field specified by field_code.  If field_code contains a valid representation suffix, it will
       be ignored.

       The gd_entype_t type is an enumerated type which may take any of the following values:

              GD_BIT_ENTRY, GD_CARRAY_ENTRY, GD_CONST_ENTRY, GD_DIVIDE_ENTRY, GD_INDEX_ENTRY, GD_INDIR_ENTRY,
              GD_LINCOM_ENTRY, GD_LINTERP_ENTRY, GD_MPLEX_ENTRY, GD_MULTIPLY_ENTRY, GD_PHASE_ENTRY,
              GD_POLYNOM_ENTRY, GD_RAW_ENTRY, GD_RECIP_ENTRY, GD_SARRAY_ENTRY, GD_SBIT_ENTRY, GD_SINDIR_ENTRY,
              GD_STRING_ENTRY, GD_WINDOW_ENTRY.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, gd_entry_type() returns the field type of the  specified  field.   On  error,
       gd_entry_type()  returns  GD_NO_ENTRY and stores a negative-valued error code in the DIRFILE object which
       may be retrieved by a subsequent call to gd_error(3).  Possible error codes are:

       GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE
               The supplied dirfile was invalid.

       GD_E_BAD_CODE
               The field specified by field_code was not found in the database.

       A descriptive error string for the error may be obtained by calling gd_error_string(3).

HISTORY

       The get_entry_type() function appeared in GetData-0.5.0.

       In GetData-0.7.0, this function was renamed to gd_entry_type().

SEE ALSO

       gd_entry(3),  gd_error(3),  gd_error_string(3),  gd_fragmentname(3),  gd_open(3),  gd_parent_fragment(3),
       dirfile(5)