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A.4.6 bpipe_datatype_resolve

Identify a datatype.

Synopsis

#include <bpipe/bpipe.h>

BPDataType bpipe_datatype_resolve(const char *datatype);

Parameters

const char *datatype

a string with the name of a datatype

Description

This routine will return a BPDataType corresponding to the passed string, which should contain the name of a datatype.

Returns

It returns BPDType_NOTYPE upon failure, else the code for the datatype.


Possible values for a BPDataType are as follows: BPDType_char, BPDType_double, BPDType_int, BPDType_uint, BPDType_DVector2, BPDType_DVector3, BPDType_IVector2, BPDType_IVector3, BPDType_UIVector2, BPDType_UIVector3, BPDType_DComplex, BPDType_DCVector2, BPDType_DCVector3