Method findElement

src/core/dataProcessor.cpp:444–480

search for an element by its partial name (if multiple matches are found, only the first is returned) if fullName==1 , then do only look for exact name matches the return value will be the element(!) index , i.e. the index of the element in the data vector

// the return value will be the element(!) index , i.e. the index of the element in the data vector
//
long cDataProcessor::findElement(const char *namePartial,
    int fullName, long *N, const char **fieldName, int *more, int *fieldIdx)
{
  const FrameMetaInfo * fmeta = reader_->getFrameMetaInfo();
  if (fmeta == NULL)
    return -1;
  int ri=0;
  long idx;
  if (fullName) {
    idx = fmeta->findField( namePartial , &ri, more );
  } else {
    idx = fmeta->findFieldByPartialName( namePartial , &ri, more );
  }
  long elIdx=-1;
  const char *inputName;
  long nInput;
  if (idx < 0) {
    inputName = NULL;
    nInput = 0;
    if (fullName) {
      SMILE_IWRN(4,"Requested input element '%s' not found, check your config! Available fields:", namePartial);
    } else {
      SMILE_IWRN(4,"Requested input element matching pattern '*%s*' not found, check your config! Available fields:", namePartial);
    }
    if (SMILE_LOG_GLOBAL != NULL && SMILE_LOG_GLOBAL->getLogLevel_wrn() >= 4)
      fmeta->printFieldNames();
  } else {
    elIdx = fmeta->fieldToElementIdx( idx ) + ri;
    nInput = fmeta->field[idx].N;
    inputName = fmeta->field[idx].name;
  }

  if (fieldIdx != NULL) *fieldIdx = idx;
  if (N != NULL) *N = nInput;
  if (fieldName != NULL) *fieldName = inputName;
  return elIdx;
}


// get data from input field (previously found by findInputField())