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Procedure Abstract Required_Reading Keywords Brief_I/O Detailed_Input | Detailed_Output Parameters Exceptions Files Particulars Examples | Restrictions Literature_References Author_and_Institution Version Index_Entries

#### Procedure

       esrchc_c ( Equivalence search, character )

       SpiceInt esrchc_c ( ConstSpiceChar  * value,
                           SpiceInt          ndim,
                           SpiceInt          arrlen,
                           const void      * array    )

#### Abstract

       Search for a given value within a character string array.
       Return the index of the first equivalent array entry, or -1
       if no equivalent element is found.

#### Required_Reading

       None.

#### Keywords

       ARRAY
       SEARCH

#### Brief_I/O

       VARIABLE  I/O  DESCRIPTION
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       value      I   Key value to be found in array.
       ndim       I   Dimension of array.
       arrlen     I   String length.
       array      I   Character string array to search.

       The function returns the index of the first array entry
       equivalent to value, or -1 if none is found.

#### Detailed_Input

       value       is the key value to be found in the array. Trailing
                   blanks in this key are not significant: string matches
                   found by this routine do not require trailing blanks in
                   value to match those in the corresponding element of
                   `array'.

                   `value' may be an empty string.

       ndim        is the dimension of the array.

       arrlen      is the declared length of the strings in the input
                   string `array', including null terminators. The input
                   array should be declared with dimension

                      [ndim][arrlen]

       array       is the array of character strings to be searched. Trailing
                   blanks in the strings in this array are not significant.

#### Detailed_Output

       The function returns the index of the first element of the
       input array equivalent to the input value, or -1 if the
       array contains no such elements.

       Two strings are equivalent if they contain the same characters
       in the same order, when blanks are ignored and uppercase and
       lowercase characters are considered equal.

#### Parameters

       None.

#### Exceptions

       1)  If ndim < 1 the function value is -1. This is not considered
           an error.

       2)  If the `value' input string pointer is null, the error
           SPICE(NULLPOINTER) is signaled. The function returns the value
           -1.

       3)  If the `array' input array pointer is null, the error
           SPICE(NULLPOINTER) is signaled. The function returns the value
           -1.

       4)  If the `array' input array strings have length less than two
           characters, the error SPICE(STRINGTOOSHORT) is signaled. The
           function returns the value -1.

#### Files

       None.

#### Particulars

       esrchc_c is identical to isrchc_c, except that it looks for
       the first equivalent string (as defined by eqstr_c) instead
       of the first identical one.

#### Examples

       Let array be declared with dimension

          [NDIM][STRLEN]

       and contain the following elements:

          array[0] == "This"
          array[1] == "little"
          array[2] == "piggy"
          array[3] == "went"
          array[4] == "to"
          array[5] == "market"

       Then

          esrchc_c ( "PIGGY",      NDIM,  STRLEN,  array )  ==  2
          esrchc_c ( " LiTtLe  ",  NDIM,  STRLEN,  array )  ==  1
          esrchc_c ( "W e n t",    NDIM,  STRLEN,  array )  ==  3
          esrchc_c ( "mall",       NDIM,  STRLEN,  array )  == -1

#### Restrictions

       None.

#### Literature_References

       None.

#### Author_and_Institution

       N.J. Bachman        (JPL)
       J. Diaz del Rio     (ODC Space)
       I.M. Underwood      (JPL)

#### Version

       -CSPICE Version 1.1.0, 24-AUG-2021 (JDR)

           Changed the input argument name "lenvals" to "arrlen" for consistency
           with other routines.

           Edited the header to comply with NAIF standard.

           Removed entry #3 from -Exceptions section and updated the argument
           "value" description to indicate that empty strings are allowed.

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 22-JUL-2002 (NJB) (IMU)

#### Index_Entries

       search array for equivalent character_string

#### Link to routine esrchc_c source file esrchc_c.c

    Fri Dec 31 18:41:06 2021