XMSTRINGTOXMSTRINGTABLE(3)

✨ XmStringToXmStringTable ✨

okay bestie, so this one's a library call from the Xm crew, and it's literally just a convenience function that takes one compound string and turns it into a whole table of compound strings 💖 she's giving split-and-conquer, no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

XmStringToXmStringTable — a convenience function that converts a single compound string to a table of compound strings 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
Cardinal XmStringToXmStringTable(
XmString string,
XmString break_component,
XmStringTable *table);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So like, XmStringToXmStringTable takes a single compound string plus a specified string component (think: a tab, iykyk) as input, and hands you back a table of compound strings. That table is made up of the portions of string that are delimited by components matching break_component. And here's the tea: the components that mark the breaks will not appear in the resulting table. they're gone, they did their job, they left 👋

• string — specifies the XmString to be converted ✨
• break_component — specifies the XmStringComponent that will be used to indicate where to split string to form the individual elements of table. The most useful types will be XmSTRING_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR and XmSTRING_COMPONENT_TAB 🎯 Refer to the XmStringComponentType(3) reference page for a complete list of possible component types. Note, however, that the XmSTRING_COMPONENT_UNKNOWN component is not a possible type 🙈 (so don't try it, babe)
• table — returns the equivalent XmStringTable. The function will allocate space to hold the returned XmStringTable 📦 When the application no longer needs the returned XmStringTable, the application should call XmStringFree once for each compound string in the table, and then call XtFree to deallocate the XmStringTable itself.

⚠️ bestie listen — that cleanup is not optional. One XmStringFree per compound string in the table, and then XtFree on the XmStringTable itself. skip it and you're leaking memory like it's a personality trait 😭

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👑 RETURN 👑

Returns the number of compound strings in table 💯 (yes she tells you the count, she's helpful like that)

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🌈 RELATED 🌈

XmStringTable(3).

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and that's the whole thing, bestie!! 🫶 this page is a library call (like, the manual section vibe is literally "library call", periodt), and that's your sign-off — go split some compound strings and slay 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅