EC_DICT_ITER_NEXT(3)

✨ EC_DICT_ITER_NEXT ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about ec_dict_iter_next from the Libecoli Programmer's Manual (yes, ecoli/dict.h, the whole hash table cinematic universe). this one is short and sweet and honestly? iconic. it's the little function that goes "and then?? and then???" on your iterator. the way that it just walks the hash table one element at a time — obsessed. 💅

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🦋 NAME 🦋

ec_dict_iter_next — make the iterator point to the next element in the hash table.

like. that's it. that's the job. it advances your iterator, no cap. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ecoli/dict.h>

struct ec_dict_elt_ref * ec_dict_iter_next(
    struct ec_dict_elt_ref   *iter   /* The hash table iterator. */
);

so you gotta pull in ecoli/dict.h first, and then you hand it your iterator — the struct ec_dict_elt_ref * one, the hash table iterator, per the comment, don't come for me — and it gives you back a struct ec_dict_elt_ref *. 🎀

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💖 RETURN VALUE 💖

it hands you back an iterator element 🌈…

…or NULL if there is no more element. 💀

so fr fr: if you get NULL, you have officially reached the end of the hash table. no more elements, bestie, the party's over, go home. 🫶

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the whole friend group, in the order the manpage says, because i would never leave anyone out:

• ec_dict_iter(3)
• ec_dict_has_key(3)
• ec_dict_free(3)
• ec_dict_iter_get_val(3)
• ec_dict_len(3)
• ec_dict_dup(3)
• ec_dict_del(3)
• ec_dict(3)
• ec_dict_set(3)
• ec_dict_get(3)
• ec_dict_dump(3)
• ec_dict_iter_get_key(3)

iykyk, the ec_dict squad stays together. 👑

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Olivier Matz, Robin Jarry.

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mwah 💋 that's the page!! this one came from libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and it lives at EC_DICT_ITER_NEXT(3) — go forth and iterate, you absolute main character. ⭐🦋💜