NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       #include <getdata.h>

       unsigned int gd_nmfields_by_type(DIRFILE *dirfile, const char *parent, gd_entype_t type);

DESCRIPTION

       The  gd_nmfields_by_type()  function  queries  a dirfile(5) database specified by dirfile and returns the
       number of metafields defined in the database for the supplied parent field.

       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_RECIP_ENTRY,
              GD_SBIT_ENTRY, GD_STRING_ENTRY.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon  successful completion, gd_nmfields_by_type() returns the number of defined metafields for the given
       parent.  On error, it returns zero and sets the dirfile error to a non-zero error value.  Possible  error
       values are:

       GD_E_BAD_CODE
               The supplied parent field code was not found, or referred to a metafield itself.

       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_mfield_list_by_type(3),  gd_nmfields(3),
       gd_nfields_by_type(3)

Version 0.7.0                                    3 November 2010                          gd_nmfields_by_type(3)