Function PPic_QueryPilot

Descent3/PilotPicsAPI.cpp:213–259

--------------------------------------------------------- PPic_QueryPilot Purpose: Given a pilot callsign it will search the database and return the number of pilots that match the name ---------------------------------------------------------

//	and return the number of pilots that match the name
// ---------------------------------------------------------
uint16_t PPic_QueryPilot(char *pilot_name) {
  if (!PilotPic_init)
    return 0;

  int letter_offset = PPic_JumpToPilot(pilot_name);
  if (letter_offset == -1)
    return 0;

  int count = 0;
  bool done = false;
  char name_buffer[PILOT_STRING_SIZE];
  CFILE *file = PilotPic_database_index_handle;

  // now read through the pilots until we don't get a match anymore
  while (!done) {
    // first read in the pilot name
    uint8_t name_size;
    name_size = cf_ReadByte(file);

    if (cfeof(file)) {
      done = true;
      continue;
    }
    cf_ReadBytes((uint8_t *)name_buffer, name_size, file);
    name_buffer[name_size] = '\0';

    // next read in pilot_id
    uint16_t pilot_id;
    pilot_id = (uint16_t)cf_ReadShort(file);

    // next read past the bitmap name
    uint8_t bmp_size;
    bmp_size = cf_ReadByte(file);
    cfseek(file, bmp_size, SEEK_CUR);

    if (stricmp(name_buffer, pilot_name)) {
      // we're done
      done = true;
    } else
      count++;

    if (cfeof(file))
      done = true;
  }

  return count;
}

// ---------------------------------------------------------
// PPic_FindFirst