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- /* $Id: lsearch.c,v 1.1 1994/05/21 13:23:03 chris Exp $ */
-
- #include <ansidecl.h>
- #include <search.h>
- #include <memory.h>
-
- /* Perform a linear search for KEY in BASE which has *NMEMB elements
- of SIZE bytes each. The comparisons are done by (*COMPAR)(), which
- must return zero if the elements being compared are equal, and
- non-zero otherwise.
- If the datum is not found, it will be inserted at the end of the
- table. */
- PTR
- DEFUN(lsearch, (key, base, pnmemb, size, compar),
- register CONST PTR key AND CONST PTR base AND
- register size_t *nmemb AND register size_t size AND
- register int EXFUN((*compar), (CONST PTR, CONST PTR)))
- {
- register size_t i;
- register CONST PTR p;
-
- for(i = 0, p = base; i < *nmemb;
- p = (PTR) (((CONST char *) p) + size), i++)
- if ( !((*compar)(key, p)))
- return (PTR) p;
-
- (*nmemb)++;
- memmove ((PTR) p, (PTR) key, size);
- return (PTR) p;
- }
-