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cifCountColumns

NAME cifCountColumns

PROTOTYPE

#include "ciflib.h"

int cifCountColumns(const char *dataBlockName, 
                    const char *categoryName)
PURPOSE

cifCountColumns returns the of number columns in the target category within the target data block. Both the category and the data block are identified by name.

RECEIVES

dataBlockName name of the target data block
categoryName name of the target category

RETURN VALUE

Returns the number of columns or a value of -1 for failure.

REMARKS

See also: cifCountColumnsByIndex



Olivera Tosic
6/17/2002