c_ftgetr(3NCARG)

✨ c_ftgetr — bestie, let's go get a float ✨

okay so this is a page from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual (that's the manual name, iykyk) and it's about one tiny lil function that pulls a float parameter out of the Fitgrid control-parameter vault. it's giving one job, done well. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

c_ftgetr — retrieve a float valued parameter 🎀

🧚 FUNCTION PROTOTYPE 🧚

void c_ftgetr(char *, float *);

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void c_ftgetr (pnam, fval);

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

• pnam — the name of the control parameter that's gonna get a float value assigned to it. literally just the name, bestie. 🫶
• fval — *fval is gonna be the value that's currently assigned to the control parameter whose name is pointed to by pnam. so like, whatever's in there right now? that's what you get. ⭐

🔥 USAGE 🔥

c_ftgetr is the one you call when you wanna get values for any of the control parameters that take float values. no cap. float in, float out. 💜

🌈 ACCESS 🌈

to use c_ftgetr, you gotta load the NCAR Graphics library ngmath. don't skip this step, she will not run without it. 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• fitgrid_params
• c_ftsetr

also!! complete documentation for Fitgrid is available at this URL, so go be a main character and read it:

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

🍓 COPYRIGHT 🍓

Copyright (C) 2000 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

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

⚠️ bestie this is the legal bit — the license agreement governs the use of this software, so pls respect it. 🙈

mwah 💋 that's the whole page! this lil cutie was born under the UNIX manual, dated March 1998, and her full glow-up name is c_ftgetr(3NCARG). periodt. 💅✨