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VFfieldname/vffname

char *VFfieldname(int32 vdata_id, int32 field_index)
vdata_id

IN:

Vdata access identifier returned from VSattach

field_index

IN:

Number determined by assigning each field in the record a zero-based index

Purpose

Retrieves the fieldname for the specified field in a given vdata.

Return value

Returns a pointer to the fieldname if successful and NULL otherwise. The Fortran-77 version of this routine, vffname, returns SUCCEED (or 0) or FAIL (or -1).

Description

The Fortran-77 version of this routine, vffname, returns the field name in the fname parameter.

FORTRAN

integer function vffname(vdata_id, field_index, fname)

integer vdata_id, field_index

character* (*) fname



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