NAME

       gd_nfields_by_type — report the number of fields of a given type in a dirfile

SYNOPSIS

       #include <getdata.h>

       unsigned int gd_nfields_by_type(DIRFILE *dirfile, gd_entype_t type);

DESCRIPTION

       The gd_nfields_by_type() function queries a dirfile(5) database specified by dirfile and returns the num‐
       ber of fields of type type defined in the database.  Notably, this count does not include /META fields.

       The  dirfile  argument  must  point to a valid DIRFILE object previously created by a call to gd_open(3).
       The type argument should be one of the following symbols indicating the type of field to count:

              GD_BIT_ENTRY, GD_CARRAY_ENTRY, GD_CONST_ENTRY, GD_DIVIDE_ENTRY, GD_INDEX_ENTRY, GD_LINCOM_ENTRY,
              GD_LINTERP_ENTRY, GD_MULTIPLY_ENTRY, GD_PHASE_ENTRY, GD_POLYNOM_ENTRY, GD_RAW_ENTRY,
              GD_RECIP_ENTRY, GD_SBIT_ENTRY, GD_STRING_ENTRY.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, gd_nfields_by_type() returns the number of defined fields in the dirfile.  On
       error, it returns zero and sets the dirfile error to a non-zero error value.  Possible error values are:

       GD_E_BAD_DIRFILE
               The supplied dirfile was invalid.

       The dirfile error may be retrieved by calling gd_error(3).  A descriptive error string for the last error
       encountered can be obtained from a call to gd_error_string(3).

SEE ALSO

       dirfile(5), gd_open(3), gd_error(3), gd_error_string(3), gd_field_list_by_type(3), gd_nfields(3),  gd_nm‐
       fields_by_type(3)

Version 0.7.0                                    3 November 2010                           gd_nfields_by_type(3)