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Description
Retrieve a pointer to data associated to sKey in an Hash Table container
Syntax
pData = Hash_GetPtr(pHash, sKey)
Returns
A pointer to data associated with sKey
Parameters
Name |
Type |
Optional |
Meaning |
pHash |
Number |
No |
Handle of a Hash Table returned by Hash_New |
sKey |
String |
No |
Unique key |
Remarks
Sometimes, especially when storing UDT (User Defined Types), it is more convenient and much more efficient to return a pointer to a data structure instead of returning the string representing the UDT
Restrictions
sKey is case sensitive.
sKey cannot contains nulls
See also
Examples