array_get(3)

💖 array_get(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Library Functions Manual section for array_get, and no cap this one is short but it's lowkey a whole mood. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

array_get — get pointer to nth element in array 🫶

✨ SYNTAX ✨

#include <libowfat/array.h>

void* array_get(array* x, uint64 membersize, int64 pos);

and like, here's how you'd actually call it, fr fr:

array x;
int64 pos;
t* p = array_get(&x,sizeof(t),pos);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so array_get is giving very much array_allocate's cooler, chiller sibling. the way that it's similar to array_allocate… but babes, it does NOT allocate any extra bytes, and it does NOT initialize any extra bytes. it's not out here doing the most. it's just vibing and handing you a pointer. 🎀

it returns 0 if x is unallocated (for example), or if fewer than (pos+1)*sizeof(t) bytes are initialized. so like, if the bytes aren't ready, you get a 0, that's just the vibe check failing. 💀

bestie pls remember: no allocation, no initialization. if you wanted the array to actually grow for you, that is not this function's job, and it never claimed to be. 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• array_allocate(3)
• array_fail(3)
• array_start(3)

and that's the whole page, periodt. 💖 this was the array_get(3) page from the Library Functions Manual — yes, same array_get(3) name at the top and the bottom, iconic symmetry honestly, she said bookends. go read your other manpages bestie, iykyk 🌈🦋✨