GETPAD(3)

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version 4.3.7 Β· 2 versions
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✨ GETPAD(3) β€” Utility Functions ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the GETPAD(3) page πŸ’– it lives in the Utility Functions section and it's lowkey the tiniest little inline helper ever. no cap, it just wants to pull the primary address out of an Addr4882_t value for you. slay.


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

  • GetPAD β€” extract primary address from an Addr4882_t value πŸ¦‹

πŸ“š SYNOPSIS πŸ“š

include this header, then boom, you got the inline function:

#include <gpib/ib.h>

static __inline__ unsigned int GetPAD(Addr4882_t address);

πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

GetPAD() extracts the primary address packed into the Addr4882_t value address. that's it, that's the whole serve πŸ’…


πŸ”₯ RETURN VALUE πŸ”₯

it returns the primary GPIB address (from 0 through 30) stored in address. iconic behavior, honestly πŸ‘‘


Copyright Β© 2003-2006, 2008 Frank Mori Hess

and that's a wrap, bestie 🫢 this page came from linux-gpib 4.3.7, dated 07/06/2026, and it's still GETPAD(3) at heart. mwah πŸ’‹ periodt ✨

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