Function to obtain the number and list of keys in a section.

src/iniparser.c

@@ -250,6 +250,89 @@ void iniparser_dump_ini(dictionary * d, FILE * f)
     return ;
 }
 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the number of keys in a section of a dictionary.
+  @param    d   Dictionary to examine
+  @param    s   Section name of dictionary to examine
+  @return   Number of keys in section
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int iniparser_getsecnkeys(dictionary * d, char * s)
+{
+    int     seclen, nkeys ;
+    char    keym[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+    int j ;
+
+    nkeys = 0;
+
+    if (d==NULL) return nkeys;
+    if (! iniparser_find_entry(d, s)) return nkeys;
+
+    seclen  = (int)strlen(s);
+    sprintf(keym, "%s:", s);
+
+    for (j=0 ; j<d->size ; j++) {
+        if (d->key[j]==NULL)
+            continue ;
+        if (!strncmp(d->key[j], keym, seclen+1)) 
+            nkeys++;
+    }
+
+    return nkeys;
+
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the number of keys in a section of a dictionary.
+  @param    d   Dictionary to examine
+  @param    s   Section name of dictionary to examine
+  @return   pointer to statically allocated character strings
+
+  This function queries a dictionary and finds all keys in a given section.
+  Each pointer in the returned char pointer-to-pointer is pointing to
+  a string allocated in the dictionary; do not free or modify them.
+  
+  This function returns NULL in case of error.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char ** iniparser_getseckeys(dictionary * d, char * s)
+{
+
+    char **keys;
+
+    int i, j ;
+    char    keym[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+    int     seclen, nkeys ;
+
+    keys = NULL;
+
+    if (d==NULL) return keys;
+    if (! iniparser_find_entry(d, s)) return keys;
+
+    nkeys = iniparser_getsecnkeys(d, s);
+
+    keys = (char**) malloc(nkeys*sizeof(char*));
+
+    seclen  = (int)strlen(s);
+    sprintf(keym, "%s:", s);
+    
+    i = 0;
+
+    for (j=0 ; j<d->size ; j++) {
+        if (d->key[j]==NULL)
+            continue ;
+        if (!strncmp(d->key[j], keym, seclen+1)) {
+            keys[i] = d->key[j];
+            i++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return keys;
+
+}
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /**
   @brief    Get the string associated to a key

src/iniparser.h

@@ -103,6 +103,32 @@ void iniparser_dump_ini(dictionary * d, FILE * f);
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 void iniparser_dump(dictionary * d, FILE * f);
 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the number of keys in a section of a dictionary.
+  @param    d   Dictionary to examine
+  @param    s   Section name of dictionary to examine
+  @return   Number of keys in section
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int iniparser_getsecnkeys(dictionary * d, char * s);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the number of keys in a section of a dictionary.
+  @param    d   Dictionary to examine
+  @param    s   Section name of dictionary to examine
+  @return   pointer to statically allocated character strings
+
+  This function queries a dictionary and finds all keys in a given section.
+  Each pointer in the returned char pointer-to-pointer is pointing to
+  a string allocated in the dictionary; do not free or modify them.
+
+  This function returns NULL in case of error.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char ** iniparser_getseckeys(dictionary * d, char * s);
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /**
   @brief    Get the string associated to a key