EC_PNODE_GET_ROOT(3)

💖 ec_pnode_get_root — bestie, let's find the ROOT 💖

okay so this is a libecoli programmer's manual page, section 3, and it's about one very specific little guy: ec_pnode_get_root. it does exactly what the name says, no cap. it walks you back up to the top of the tree 🌳✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pull in the header first, obvi:

#include <ecoli/parse.h>

and here's the whole function signature, character for character, because we do NOT mess with signatures:

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

so you hand it pnode — which is, per the comment, A node in the parsing tree. — and that's the whole vibe. 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

bestie the actual description here is so short and honestly it's iconic for it. it says:

you may also use EC_PNODE_GET_ROOT() instead, and that version keeps the const statement. 💅

that's it. that's the whole description. the macro is the const-preserving queen and the function is right there too. pick whichever one fits your code, iykyk. 🧚

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

it returns the root of the parsing tree. that's the answer. that's the whole return value section. go get your root, main character. 🌈⭐

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group, no one left behind:

• 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_parent(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)

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

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

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and that's the page!! 🎀 written by the libecoli girlies for the Libecoli Programmer's Manual, dated 2026-06-11, filed under EC_PNODE_GET_ROOT(3). love that for us. mwah. 💖🌸🦋