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NAME

       optionGetValue - get a specific value from a hierarcical list

SYNOPSIS

       #include <your-opts.h>
       cc [...] -o outfile infile.c -lopts [...]

       const  tOptionValue* optionGetValue(const tOptionValue* pOptValue, char
       const* valueName);

DESCRIPTION

       This  routine  will  find  an  entry  in  a  nested  value  option   or
       configurable.   If  "valueName"  is  NULL,  then  the  first  entry  is
       returned.  Otherwise, the first entry with a name that exactly  matches
       the argument will be returned.

       pOptValue
              a hierarchcal value

       valueName
              name of value to get

RETURN VALUE

       a compound value structure

ERRORS

       The returned result is NULL and errno is set:

       EINVAL  -  the  pOptValue does not point to a valid hierarchical option
       value.

       ENOENT - no entry matched the given name.  @end itemize

SEE ALSO

       The info documentation for the -lopts library.
       ao_string_tokenize(3),      configFileLoad(3),       optionFileLoad(3),
       optionFindNextValue(3),        optionFindValue(3),       optionFree(3),
       optionLoadLine(3),       optionNextValue(3),        optionOnlyUsage(3),
       optionProcess(3),          optionRestore(3),         optionSaveFile(3),
       optionSaveState(3),      optionUnloadNested(3),       optionVersion(3),
       pathfind(3),  strequate(3),  streqvcmp(3), streqvmap(3), strneqvcmp(3),
       strtransform(3),

                                  2010-02-10                 optionGetValue(3)