get_option(9)

get_option9

Parse integer from an option string

Usage

int get_option(char ** str, int * pint);

Arguments

str

option string

pint

(output) integer value parsed from str

Overview

Read an int from an option string; if available accept a subsequent comma as well.

Return values: 0 - no int in string 1 - int found, no subsequent comma 2 - int found including a subsequent comma 3 - hyphen found to denote a range

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.