Method

GLibKeyFileget_string

since: 2.6

Declaration 

gchar*
g_key_file_get_string (
  GKeyFile* key_file,
  const gchar* group_name,
  const gchar* key,
  GError** error
)

Description

Returns the string value associated with key under group_name. Unlike g_key_file_get_value(), this function handles escape sequences like \s.

In the event the key cannot be found, NULL is returned and error is set to G_KEY_FILE_ERROR_KEY_NOT_FOUND. In the event that the group_name cannot be found, NULL is returned and error is set to G_KEY_FILE_ERROR_GROUP_NOT_FOUND.

Available since: 2.6

Parameters

group_name

Type: const gchar*

A group name.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
key

Type: const gchar*

A key.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.
If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.
The argument will left initialized to NULL by the method if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: gchar*

A newly allocated string or NULL if the specified key cannot be found.

The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.