Gets the value of terminal's numeric capability.
Curses Library (libcurses.a)
#include <curses.h> #include <term.h>
tigetnum( CapName)
register char *CapName;
The tigetnum subroutine returns the value of terminal's numeric capability. Use this subroutine to get a capability for the current terminal. When successful, this subroutine returns the current value of the capability specified by the CapName parameter. Otherwise, if it is not a numeric value, this subroutine returns -2.
Upon successful completion, the tigetnum subroutine returns the value of terminal's numeric capability.
-2 | Indicates the value specified by the CapName parameter is not numeric. |
CapName | Identifies the terminal capability to check for. |
To determine if number of labels is a defined numeric capability for the current terminal, use:
rc = tigetnum("nlab");
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