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Description:
This function
returns a value indicating the data type of a named entry in a
KeyMap. This is the data type
which was used when the entry was added to the KeyMap.
Synopsis
int astMapType( AstKeyMap
∗this, const
char ∗key )
Parameters:
this
Pointer to the KeyMap.
key
The character string identifying
the KeyMap entry. Trailing spaces are ignored. The supplied string is converted to
upper case before use if the
KeyCase attribute is currently set to zero.
Returned
Value
astMapType()
One of AST__INTTYPE (for integer), AST__SINTTYPE (for
short int), AST__KINTTYPE (for int64_t), AST__BYTETYPE (for unsigned bytes
-
i.e. unsigned chars ) AST__DOUBLETYPE (for double precision floating point),
AST__FLOATTYPE (for single precision floating point), AST__STRINGTYPE (for character
string), AST__OBJECTTYPE (for AST Object pointer), AST__POINTERTYPE (for arbitrary
C pointer) or AST__UNDEFTYPE (for undefined values created by astMapPutU).
AST__BADTYPE is returned if the supplied key is not found in the KeyMap.
Notes:
Copyright (C) 2021 East Asian Observatory
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