c_ftgetfa_data(3NCARG)

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✨ c_ftgetfa_data — bestie edition ✨

okay so this is a page from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual, section 3NCARG, and it's literally about grabbing array values. let's get into it 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

c_ftgetfa_data — retrieve array values 🎀

🧚 FUNCTION PROTOTYPE 🧚

float *c_ftgetfa_data(char *);

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

float *c_ftgetfa_data (pnam)

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

  • pnam — the name of the control parameter whose value you're trying to retrieve. that's the whole vibe, bestie. 👑

🫶 RETURN VALUE 🫶

c_ftgetfa_data hands you back a pointer to an array of data 🍓 — or, if something goes wrong, it returns a null pointer 😭. and the way that you find out how big that array is? you hit up c_ftgetfa_size. no cap, that's how you get the size.

🔥 USAGE 🔥

so c_ftgetfa_data is the one you call when you want the current values for any of the float-valued array control parameters. it's giving "give me the tea, right now." 🌈

👑 ACCESS 👑

to use c_ftgetfa_data, you gotta load the NCAR Graphics library ngmath. load it or it's not happening, periodt. 💜

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

  • fitgrid_params
  • c_ftsetfa
  • c_ftgetfa
  • c_ftgetfa_size

and also — the complete documentation for Fitgrid is available at this URL:

http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng/ngmath/fitgrid/fithome.html

Copyright (C) 2000 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

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

bestie this is legal business, don't skip it 💀

and that's the whole page!! 🦋 this one came from the UNIX manual, dated March 1998, filed under c_ftgetfa_data(3NCARG) — iconic behavior honestly, mwah 💅✨

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