MLA(3)

✨ MLA(3) ✨

okay bestie, manual name is MLA, it lives in section 3, and it's hanging out with the Utility Functions girlies 💅

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💖 NAME 💖

MLA — generates the 'my listen address' command byte. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <gpib/ib.h>

uint8_t MLA(unsigned int address);

like look at her. one include, one function, zero drama ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: MLA() hands you back a 'my listen address' command byte that matches whatever you passed in as address 🌈

and queen, the address has to be between 0 and 30. that's the range. respect the range 🫶

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

you get the appropriate MLA command byte back. slay. that's the whole return value situation, no surprises, no hidden plot twists 💜

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright © 2003-2006, 2008 Frank Mori Hess 🫡

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and that's the page, fr fr 💖 this whole thing is from linux-gpib version 4.3.7, dated 07/06/2026 — no cap, go forth and address your instruments, bestie 🦋✨