Function

GLibHashTablelookup

Declaration

gpointer
g_hash_table_lookup (
  GHashTable* hash_table,
  gconstpointer key
)

Description

Looks up a key in a GHashTable. Note that this function cannot distinguish between a key that is not present and one which is present and has the value NULL. If you need this distinction, use g_hash_table_lookup_extended().

Parameters

hash_table

Type: GHashTable

A GHashTable.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

key

Type: gconstpointer

The key to look up.

The argument can be NULL.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

Return value

Type: gpointer

The associated value, or NULL if the key is not found.

The data is owned by the called function.

The return value can be NULL.