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.TH "mchartable" 3m17n "14 Jul 2007" "" "Version 1.4.0" "" "The m17n Library" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mchartable - Create a new chartable. 


.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBMCharTable\fP*
\fBmchartable\fP (\fBMSymbol\fP
\fIkey\fP, void *
\fIdefault_value\fP)


.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.ft B
mchartable()
.ft R
function creates a new chartable object with symbol
.ft B
key
.ft R
and the default value
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default_value\fP.
.ft R
If
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key
.ft R
is a managing key, the elements of the table (including the default value) are managed objects or NULL.
.PP
.SH RETURN VALUE
.PP.RS 4
If the operation was successful,
.ft B
mchartable()
.ft R
returns a pointer to the created chartable. Otherwise it returns
.ft C
NULL
.ft R
and assigns an error code to the external variable
.ft B
merror_code\fP.
.ft R
.RE
.PP