PX_GET_NUM_FIELDS(3)

✨ PX_GET_NUM_FIELDS ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual, section 3, and it's literally just called PX_get_num_fields. Say it with me: PX underscore get underscore num underscore fields 💅. It's a C function. It counts stuff. We love a lowkey useful icon.

🎀 NAME 🎀

PX_get_num_fields — gives you the number of fields in a Paradox file. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <paradox.h>

int PX_get_num_fields(pxdoc_t *pxdoc)

so you gotta pull in <paradox.h> first, no cap, otherwise the compiler is gonna be like "who??" 😭 and then it's one lil function call taking a pxdoc_t * pointer named pxdoc. iconic signature, honestly.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns the number of fields in a Paradox file.

fr fr, that's the whole thing. you hand it your pxdoc, it tells you how many fields are chillin' in that Paradox file. main character behaviour, zero drama. ✨

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

• On success it returns the number. slay. 🎉
• On failure it returns -1. 💀

bestie pls actually check for that -1, because a negative field count is not a real field count, it's the universe telling you something went wrong 🙈

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• PX_get_num_records(3) — for when you need the record count instead, iykyk
• PX_get_fields(3) — the whole field list situation
• PX_get_field(3) — one single field, for the picky girlies

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.cx>. giving credit where credit is due, periodt. 🌈

and that's the page, bestie! 🧚 it came to you courtesy of the Library Functions Manual, and yes, the name really is PX_GET_NUM_FIELDS all shouty in caps at the bottom too. go count some fields. you got this. 🍓💜