NAME

       optionFindValue - find a hierarcicaly valued option instance

SYNOPSIS

       #include <your-opts.h>
       cc [...] -o outfile infile.c -lopts [...]

       const tOptionValue * optionFindValue(const tOptDesc * odesc, char const * name, char const
       * val);

DESCRIPTION

       This routine will find an entry in a nested value option or configurable.  It will  search
       through the list and return a matching entry.

       odesc  an option with a nested arg type

       name   name of value to find

       val    the matching value

RETURN VALUE

       a compound value structure

ERRORS

       The returned result is NULL and errno is set:

       EINVAL - the pOptValue does not point to a valid hierarchical option value.

       ENOENT - no entry matched the given name.  @end itemize

SEE ALSO

       The info documentation for the -lopts library.
       ao_string_tokenize(3),   configFileLoad(3),   optionFileLoad(3),   optionFindNextValue(3),
       optionFree(3),      optionGetValue(3),       optionLoadLine(3),       optionMemberList(3),
       optionNextValue(3),               optionOnlyUsage(3),               optionPrintVersion(3),
       optionPrintVersionAndReturn(3),  optionProcess(3),  optionRestore(3),   optionSaveFile(3),
       optionSaveState(3),  optionUnloadNested(3),  optionVersion(3), strequate(3), streqvcmp(3),
       streqvmap(3), strneqvcmp(3), strtransform(3),

                                            2024-04-22                         optionFindValue(3)