XmTextFindStringWcs (3) - Linux Manuals

XmTextFindStringWcs: A Text function that finds the beginning

NAME

XmTextFindStringWcs --- A Text function that finds the beginning position of a wide character text string

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/Text.h>
Boolean XmTextFindStringWcs(
Widget widget,
XmTextPosition start,
wchar_t *wcstring,
XmTextDirection direction,
XmTextPosition *position);

DESCRIPTION

XmTextFindStringWcs locates the beginning position of a specified wide character text string. This routine searches forward or backward for the first occurrence of the string, starting from the given start position. If a match is found, the function returns the position of the first character of the string in position. If the match string begins at the current position, this routine returns the current position.

widget

Specifies the Text widget ID.

start

Specifies the character position from which the search proceeds. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the text buffer. The first character position is 0 (zero).

wcstring

Specifies the wide character search string.

direction

Indicates the search direction. It is relative to the primary direction of the text. The possible values are

XmTEXT_FORWARD

The search proceeds toward the end of the buffer.

XmTEXT_BACKWARD

The search proceeds toward the beginning of the buffer.

position

Specifies the pointer in which the first character position of the string match is returned. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the buffer. The first character position is 0 (zero). If the function returns False, this value is undefined.

For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3).

RETURN

Returns True if a string match is found; otherwise, returns False.

RELATED

XmText(3) and XmTextFindString(3).