QB_MAP_PREF_ITER_CREATE(3)

💖 QB_MAP_PREF_ITER_CREATE(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the libqb Programmer's Manual — today's episode: qb_map_pref_iter_create. yes it's a mouthful, no we're not renaming it, the function said what it said 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

qb_map_pref_iter_create — make a prefix iterator, periodt.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <qb/qbmap.h>

qb_map_iter_t * qb_map_pref_iter_create(
    qb_map_t     *map,
    const char   *prefix
);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she do?? she sets you up to iterate over all items with the given prefix. that's it, that's the whole vibe. you hand her a map and a prefix, she hands you back an iterator that only sees the stuff starting with that prefix. lowkey iconic honestly 🫶

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🎀 NOTE 🎀

this is only supported by the trie. like, ONLY the trie. don't come for her with a hashtable and expect prefix magic, she will not deliver 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read your other faves, fr fr:

• qb_trie_dump(3)
• qb_map_iter_create(3)
• qb_skiplist_create(3)
• qb_map_notify_del(3)
• qb_map_put(3)
• qb_map_count_get(3)
• qb_map_foreach(3)
• qb_map_iter_next(3)
• qb_map_get(3)
• qb_map_destroy(3)
• qb_hashtable_create(3)
• qb_map_iter_free(3)
• qb_map_notify_add(3)
• qb_trie_create(3)
• qb_map_notify_del_2(3)
• qb_map_rm(3)

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Red Hat, Inc.

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aaaand that's the tea 🍓 this page came to you straight from LIBQB, dated 2025-09-16, and yes the manual name is still QB_MAP_PREF_ITER_CREATE(3) because some things are eternal. stay hydrated, go free your iterators, mwah 💖✨