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get_datafile_property(3)	 Allegro manual 	get_datafile_property(3)

NAME
     get_datafile_property - Returns the property string for the object. Allegro
     game programming library.

SYNOPSIS
     #include <allegro.h>

     const char *get_datafile_property(const DATAFILE *dat, int type);

DESCRIPTION
     Finds  the property type of a DATAFILE object. The type parameter must be a
     value created with the DAT_ID() macro. Example:

	const char *name;
	...
	name = get_datafile_property(game_data,
				     DAT_ID('N','A','M','E'));
	if (name == empty_string)
	   abort_on_error("Object doesn't have a name!");

RETURN VALUE
     Returns a pointer to the text string for the object, or a	pointer  to  the
     variable empty_string if the property isn't present.

SEE ALSO
     DAT_ID(3), empty_string(3)

Allegro 			  version 4.4.3 	get_datafile_property(3)

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