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),
       optionProcess(3),   optionRestore(3),   optionSaveFile(3),   optionSaveState(3),   optionUnloadNested(3),
       optionVersion(3), strequate(3), streqvcmp(3), streqvmap(3), strneqvcmp(3), strtransform(3),

                                                   2013-12-14                                 optionFindValue(3)