c_dsgeti(3NCARG)

✨ c_dsgeti — the NCAR Graphics bestie that reads your ints back to you 💖

okay so. welcome to the c_dsgeti(3NCARG) page, part of the NCAR Graphics manual (UNIX girlie edition) 💅. she's a little function, she's lowkey iconic, and she does exactly one thing but she does it well.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

c_dsgeti — retrieves the value of an internal parameter of type int.

like. that's her whole job. she gets the int. no cap.

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🎀 FUNCTION PROTOTYPE 🎀

void c_dsgeti(char *, int *);

that's it, that's the signature, screenshot it 📸

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

c_dsgeti (char *pnam, int *ival)

two args. in and out. we love a clean interface fr fr.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

• pnam — a string that specifies the name of the parameter you wanna get. ok so important detail bestie: the name must appear as the first three characters of the string. literally just the first three. that's the vibe check. 👑
• ival — *ival will be the value currently assigned to the control parameter whose name is pointed to by pnam. so she hands you the current value through the pointer. main character delivery system 🫶

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🌈 USAGE 🌈

this routine lets you retrieve the current value of Dsgrid parameters. periodt. 💫

for a complete list of parameters available in this utility, go read the dsgrid_params man page — she's the directory, this one's just the retrieval service. iykyk.

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🔥 ACCESS 🔥

to use c_dsgeti, load the NCAR Graphics library ngmath. that's the whole access situation. go get her. 🎀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole squad, no one left behind:

• c_dsgrid
• c_dsgrid_params
• c_dsgrid2s
• c_dsgrid3s
• c_dsgrid2d
• c_dsgrid3d
• c_dspnt2s
• c_dspnt2d
• c_dspnt3s
• c_dspnt3d
• c_dsseti

and if you want the full lore, complete documentation for Dsgrid is available at URL:

http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng/ngmath/dsgrid/dshome.html

go read it, it's giving academic but make it ✨graphics✨.

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💖 COPYRIGHT 💖

Copyright (C) 2000 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.

bestie pls actually read that License Agreement, it's not a vibe to ignore legal text 🙈

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and that's the page!! 🌸✨ this was the c_dsgeti(3NCARG) entry from the UNIX manual, dated September 1997-1998 — a true vintage queen, still serving ints after all these years 💅👑🫶