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GetItemAliases

NAME GetItemAliases

PROTOTYPE

#include "CifBuilder.h"

char ** CifBuilder::GetItemAliases(const char * itemName,
                                   uWord & n);

EXAMPLE

#include "CifBuilder.h"

CifBuilder cb("mmCif96.psf");

cb.BuildDictionaryList();
cb.SetContext("cifdic.m96");

uWord numAliases = 0;
char ** aliases = cb.GetItemAliases("_atom_site.cartn_x",
                                    numAliases);

PURPOSE

GetItemAliases returns an array containing the aliases for the item itemName.

RECEIVES

itemName	the name of the item
n	a reference to a uWord to hold the number of aliases

RETURN VALUE

Returns the aliases as a char ** or NULL. The number of aliases will be passed back via the second argument.

REMARKS

See also:	GetItemAliasesDictionary
	GetItemAliasesDictionaryVersion

 

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