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Procedure Abstract Required_Reading Keywords Brief_I/O Detailed_Input | Detailed_Output Parameters Exceptions Files Particulars Examples | Restrictions Literature_References Author_and_Institution Version Index_Entries
#### Procedure
       void ekrcec_c ( SpiceInt           handle,
                       SpiceInt           segno,
                       SpiceInt           recno,
                       ConstSpiceChar   * column,
                       SpiceInt           lenout,
                       SpiceInt         * nvals,
                       void             * cvals,
                       SpiceBoolean     * isnull )
#### Abstract
       Read data from a character column in a specified EK record.
#### Required_Reading
       EK
#### Keywords
       EK
       FILES
       UTILITY
#### Brief_I/O
       Variable  I/O  Description
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       handle     I   Handle attached to EK file.
       segno      I   Index of segment containing record.
       recno      I   Record from which data is to be read.
       column     I   Column name.
       lenout     I   Maximum length of output strings.
       nvals      O   Number of values in column entry.
       cvals      O   Character values in column entry.
       isnull     O   Flag indicating whether column entry is null.
#### Detailed_Input
       handle         is an EK file handle.  The file may be open for
                      read or write access.

       segno          is the index of the segment from which data is to
                      be read.  The first segment in the file has index 0.

       recno          is the index of the record from which data is to be
                      read.  This record number is relative to the start
                      of the segment indicated by segno; the first
                      record in the segment has index 0.

       column         is the name of the column from which data is to be
                      read.

       lenout         is the maximum string length that can be accommodated in
                      the output array cvals.  This length must large enough to
                      hold the longest element of the specified column entry,
                      including a null terminator.  If the column element contains
                      strings of length up to n characters, lenout should be set
                      to n + 1.
#### Detailed_Output
       nvals,
       cvals          are, respectively, the number of values found in
                      the specified column entry and the set of values
                      themselves.  The array cvals must have sufficient
                      string length to accommodate the longest string
                      in the returned column entry. The calling application
                      should declare cvals with dimension

                         [nelts][lenout]

                      where nelts is the maximum number of elements that
                      occur in any entry of the specified column.

                      For columns having fixed-size entries, when a
                      a column entry is null, nvals is still set to the
                      column entry size.  For columns having variable-
                      size entries, nvals is set to 1 for null entries.

       isnull         is a logical flag indicating whether the returned
                      column entry is null.
#### Parameters
       None.
#### Exceptions
       1)  If handle is invalid, the error will be diagnosed by routines
           called by this routine.

       2)  If segno is out of range, the error will diagnosed by routines
           called by this routine.

       3)  If recno is out of range, the error will diagnosed by routines
           called by this routine.

       4)  If column is not the name of a declared column, the error
           will be diagnosed by routines called by this routine.

       5)  If column specifies a column of whose data type is not
           character, the error SPICE(WRONGDATATYPE) will be
           signaled.

       6)  If column specifies a column of whose class is not
           a character class known to this routine, the error
           SPICE(NOCLASS) will be signaled.

       7)  If an attempt is made to read an uninitialized column entry,
           the error will be diagnosed by routines called by this
           routine.  A null entry is considered to be initialized, but
           entries do not contain null values by default.

       8)  If an I/O error occurs while reading or writing the indicated
           file, the error will be diagnosed by routines called by this
           routine.

       9)  If any element of the column entry would be truncated when
           assigned to an element of cvals, the error will be diagnosed
           by routines called by this routine.

       10) If the input column name string pointer is null, the error
           SPICE(NULLPOINTER) will be signaled.

       11) If the input column name string has length zero, the error
           SPICE(EMPTYSTRING) will be signaled.

       12) If the output string pointer cvals is null, the error SPICE(NULLPOINTER)
           will be signaled.

       13) If the output string length indicated by lenout is less than two
           characters, it is too short to contain one character of output data
           plus a null terminator, so it cannot be passed to the underlying Fortran
           routine.  In this event, the error SPICE(STRINGTOOSHORT) is
           signaled.
#### Files
       See the EK Required Reading for a discussion of the EK file
       format.
#### Particulars
       This routine is a utility that allows an EK file to be read
       directly without using the high-level query interface.
#### Examples
       1)  Read the value in the third record of the column ccol in
           the fifth segment of an EK file designated by handle.

              #include "SpiceUsr.h"
                 .
                 .
                 .
              ekrcec_c ( handle, 4, 2, "CCOL", lenout, &nvals, &cval, &isnull );
#### Restrictions
       1) EK files open for write access are not necessarily readable.
          In particular, a column entry can be read only if it has been
          initialized. The caller is responsible for determining
          when it is safe to read from files open for write access.
#### Literature_References
       None.
#### Author_and_Institution
       N.J. Bachman   (JPL)
#### Version
       -CSPICE Version 1.1.0, 21-MAY-2001 (WLT)

           Added a cast to (char *) in the call to  F2C_ConvertStrArr to
           support compilation under C++.

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 04-JUL-2000 (NJB)
#### Index_Entries
       read character data from EK column
#### Link to routine ekrcec_c source file ekrcec_c.c

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