2004-12-07 Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
[glibc.git] / misc / lsearch.c
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1 /* Linear search functions.
2 Copyright (C) 1996,97,98,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996.
6 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 Lesser General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
18 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
19 02111-1307 USA. */
21 #include <search.h>
22 #include <string.h>
25 void *
26 lsearch (const void *key, void *base, size_t *nmemb, size_t size,
27 __compar_fn_t compar)
29 void *result;
31 /* Try to find it. */
32 result = lfind (key, base, nmemb, size, compar);
33 if (result == NULL)
35 /* Not available. Insert at the end. */
36 result = memcpy (base + (*nmemb) * size, key, size);
37 ++(*nmemb);
40 return result;
44 void *
45 lfind (const void *key, const void *base, size_t *nmemb, size_t size,
46 __compar_fn_t compar)
48 const void *result = base;
49 size_t cnt = 0;
51 while (cnt < *nmemb && (*compar) (key, result) != 0)
53 result += size;
54 ++cnt;
57 return cnt < *nmemb ? (void *) result : NULL;
59 libc_hidden_def (lfind)