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cifGetCategoryIndex

NAME cifGetCategoryIndex

PROTOTYPE

#include "ciflib.h"

int cifGetCategoryIndex(const char *datablockName, 
                        const char *categoryName)

PURPOSE

cifGetCategoryIndex returns the category index of the target category within the target datablock. Both the category and data block are identified by name.

RECEIVES

dataBlockName	name of the target data block
categoryName	name of the target category

RETURN VALUE

Returns a category index or a value of -1 for failure.

REMARKS

None

 

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