get_config_argv(3alleg4)

💖 get_config_argv — Allegro manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this one lives in the Allegro game programming library and it's the girl who goes and grabs a whole little list of words out of your config file. no cap. let's get into it 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

char **get_config_argv(const char *section, const char *name, int *argc);

literally that's the whole thing. one function, three args, infinite possibilities 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what she does is: she reads a token list from the current config file. and when I say token list I mean words separated by spaces — that's the whole vibe. nothing fancier than that, fr fr.

⚠️ bestie. listen. the token list gets stored in a temporary buffer that will get absolutely clobbered by the next call to get_config_argv(). so do NOT expect the data to persist. copy it if you need it. this is not a drill 😭

so like, grab what you need, use it, and don't come back later expecting it to still be there. it's giving one-night-stand energy, not main character longevity 🦋

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

She hands you back an argv style argument list 🫶 and she sets argc to the number of retrieved tokens. classic.

But — and this is the important bit — if the variable is not present? She returns NULL and sets argc to zero. no tokens, no list, no drama, just emptiness 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, go say hi:

• set_config_file(3alleg4)
• get_config_string(3alleg4)
• get_config_float(3alleg4)
• get_config_hex(3alleg4)
• get_config_int(3alleg4)
• get_config_id(3alleg4)
• exconfig(3alleg4)

okay that's the page!! shoutout to Allegro version 4.4.3 for making all this possible, and to get_config_argv(3alleg4) herself for being iconic 💜 go read your config files, bestie, you got this ⭐🧚