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#### Procedure
       SpiceInt esrchc_c ( ConstSpiceChar  * value,
                           SpiceInt          ndim,
                           SpiceInt          lenvals,
                           const void      * array    )
#### Abstract
       Search for a given value within a character string array.
       Return the index of the first equivalent array entry, or -1
       if no equivalent element is found.
#### Required_Reading
       None.
#### Keywords
       ARRAY,  SEARCH
#### Brief_I/O
       VARIABLE  I/O              DESCRIPTION
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       value      I   Key value to be found in array.
       ndim       I   Dimension of array.
       lenvals    I   String length.
       array      I   Character string array to search.

       The function returns the index of the first array entry
       equivalent to value, or -1 if none is found.
#### Detailed_Input
       value       is the key value to be found in the array.  Trailing
                   blanks in this key are not significant:  string matches
                   found by this routine do not require trailing blanks in
                   value to match those in the corresponding element of
                   array.

       ndim        is the dimension of the array.

       lenvals     is the declared length of the strings in the input
                   string array, including null terminators.  The input
                   array should be declared with dimension

                      [ndim][lenvals]

       array       is the array of character srings to be searched.  Trailing
                   blanks in the strings in this array are not significant.
#### Detailed_Output
       The function returns the index of the first element of the
       input array equivalent to the input value, or -1 if the
       array contains no such elements.

       Two strings are equivalent if they contain the same characters
       in the same order, when blanks are ignored and uppercase and
       lowercase characters are considered equal.
#### Parameters
       None.
#### Exceptions
       1) If ndim < 1 the function value is -1.  This is not considered
          an error.

       2) If input key value pointer is null, the error SPICE(NULLPOINTER) will
          be signaled.  The function returns -1.

       3) The input key value may have length zero.  This case is not
          considered an error.

       4) If the input array pointer is null,  the error SPICE(NULLPOINTER) will
          be signaled.  The function returns -1.

       5) If the input array string's length is less than 2, the error
          SPICE(STRINGTOOSHORT) will be signaled.  The function returns -1.
#### Files
       None.
#### Particulars
       esrchc_c is identical to isrchc_c, except that it looks for
       the first equivalent string (as defined by eqstr_c) instead
       of the first identical one.
#### Examples
       Let array be declared with dimension

          [NDIM][STRLEN]

       and contain the following elements:

          array[0] == "This"
          array[1] == "little"
          array[2] == "piggy"
          array[3] == "went"
          array[4] == "to"
          array[5] == "market"

       Then

          esrchc_c ( "PIGGY",      NDIM,  STRLEN,  array )  ==  2
          esrchc_c ( " LiTtLe  ",  NDIM,  STRLEN,  array )  ==  1
          esrchc_c ( "W e n t",    NDIM,  STRLEN,  array )  ==  3
          esrchc_c ( "mall",       NDIM,  STRLEN,  array )  == -1
#### Restrictions
       None.
#### Literature_References
       None.
#### Author_and_Institution
       N.J. Bachman    (JPL)
       I.M. Underwood  (JPL)
#### Version
       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 22-JUL-2002 (NJB) (IMU)
#### Index_Entries
       search array for equivalent character_string
#### Link to routine esrchc_c source file esrchc_c.c

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