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GetItemMethods

NAME GetItemMethods

PROTOTYPE

#include "CifBuilder.h"

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

EXAMPLE

#include "CifBuilder.h"

CifBuilder cb("mmCif96.psf");

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

uWord numMethods = 0;
char ** methods = cb.GetItemMethods("_atom_site.cartn_x",
                                    numMethods);
PURPOSE

GetItemMethods returns an array containing the method IDs for the item itemName.

RECEIVES

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

RETURN VALUE

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

REMARKS

None



Olivera Tosic
6/13/2002

 

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