c_ftgetc(3NCARG)

✨ c_ftgetc — retrieve a string valued parameter ✨

okay bestie, welcome to c_ftgetc from the NCAR Graphics crew 💖 this is the one you call when you need to read a string-valued control parameter. yes, strings. the vibes are textual. let's go 🦋

🌸 FUNCTION PROTOTYPE 🌸

void c_ftgetc(char *, char *);

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void c_ftgetc (pnam, cval);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

• pnam — the name of the control parameter whose value you're trying to retrieve. like, which one, bestie. name it. 💜
• cval — cval will point to a string containing the returned value. heads up though: YOU are the one who has to reserve enough space to store the string. it does not do it for you. it's giving "bring your own container" 🫶

⭐ USAGE ⭐

c_ftgetc is called to obtain current values for any of the string valued control parameters. that's the whole job. no cap. 👑

🌈 ACCESS 🌈

to use c_ftgetc, load the NCAR Graphics library ngmath. that's the ticket, that's the key, that's the access ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• fitgrid_params
• c_ftsetc

complete documentation for Fitgrid is available at URL http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng/ngmath/fitgrid/fithome.html — go read it, iykyk 📖💖

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2000 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

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

and that's the page, bestie!! 🎀 this little love letter lives in the UNIX manual, dated March 1998, and it's filed under c_ftgetc(3NCARG). slay, periodt, go reserve your own string space 💅🌸