EC_PNODE_GET_PARENT(3)

✨ EC_PNODE_GET_PARENT(3) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Libecoli Programmer's Manual 💖 this one's short and sweet, like a lil snack before the main course, and it's literally just one function. no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ec_pnode_get_parent — get the parent node in the parsing tree 🫶

like, who's your daddy? this function knows.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <ecoli/parse.h>

struct ec_pnode * ec_pnode_get_parent(
    const struct ec_pnode   *pnode   /* A node in the parsing tree. */
);

so you hand it a pnode, which the comment lovingly reminds us is A node in the parsing tree, and it hands you back a struct ec_pnode *. iconic behaviour, honestly.

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🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

the parent node 💅

or — and this is the plot twist — NULL if it's the root 👑

like yeah, if you're at the top of the tree there's literally nobody above you, main character energy, no parent, just vibes. so NULL it is. periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr. go read these too:

• ec_pnode_len(3)
• ec_pnode_get_strvec(3)
• ec_parse(3)
• ec_parse_strvec(3)
• ec_pnode(3)
• ec_pnode_free_children(3)
• ec_pnode_get_root(3)
• ec_pnode_find_next(3)
• ec_pnode_get_first_child(3)
• ec_pnode_free(3)
• ec_pnode_dup(3)
• ec_pnode_matches(3)
• ec_pnode_dump(3)
• ec_pnode_unlink_child(3)
• ec_pnode_next(3)
• ec_pnode_del_last_child(3)
• ec_pnode_link_child(3)
• ec_pnode_count(3)
• ec_pnode_get_attrs(3)
• ec_pnode_get_last_child(3)
• ec_pnode_get_node(3)
• ec_pnode_find(3)
• ec_parse_child(3)

iykyk 😌 the family tree is deep.

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

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

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🍓 thanks for reading, mwah 💖 this was libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, filed under EC_PNODE_GET_PARENT(3) — go get that parent node, you absolute legend 👑✨