dt_thor_tdt2str

Daylight v4.9
Release Date: 1 February 2008

Name

dt_thor_tdt2str - convert a TDT into a string representation

Generic Prototype

dt_thor_tdt2str(dt_Handle, dt_Boolean) => dt_String

C Prototype

#include "dt_thor.h"

dt_String dt_thor_tdt2str(dt_Integer *len, dt_Handle tdt, dt_Boolean expand)

FORTRAN Prototype

include 'dt_f_thor.inc'

integer*4 dt_f_thor_tdt2str(tdt, expand, string)

integer*4 tdt
logical expand
character*() string

Description

Converts the tdt object 'tdt' into its lexical (string) representation.

If 'expand' is FALSE, indirect references in the datatree are not expanded. The string representation will contain the "raw" indirect reference identifiers. If 'expand' is TRUE, indirect references are expanded and the string representation will contain the indirect data.

Although it is possible to manipulate the string representation of a tdt, this practice is discouraged. The primary purpose of this function is for dumping databases for archiving or data exchange. The actual details of the lexical representation of a tdt may change from version to version, so an application which depends upon modification of the string tdts is less portable than one which uses the tdt-toolkit functions, which are guaranteed to be stable between releases.

Return Value