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.Dd September 10, 1999
.Dt MENU_PATTERN 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm menu_pattern ,
.Nm set_menu_pattern
.Nd get or set menu pattern
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libmenu
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In menu.h
.Ft char *
.Fn menu_pattern "MENU *menu"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn menu_pattern
function returns a pointer to the string that is currently in the menu
pattern buffer.
The menu pattern buffer can be set by calling
.Fn set_menu_pattern
which will set the pattern buffer to the string passed and then
attempt to match that string against the names of the items in the
attached items.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The functions return one of the following error values:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width E_BAD_ARGUMENT -compact
.It Er E_OK
The function was successful.
.It Er E_SYSTEM_ERROR
There was a system error during the call.
.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
.It Er E_NO_MATCH
The character search failed to find a match.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr curses 3 ,
.Xr menus 3
.Sh NOTES
The header
.Pa <menu.h>
automatically includes both
.Pa <curses.h>
and
.Pa <eti.h> .