blocks

Calc Software Package for Number Calc

NAME
    blocks - return a named block or number of unfreed named blocks

SYNOPSIS
    blocks([id])

TYPES
    id		non-negative integer

    return	named block or null value

DESCRIPTION
    With no argument blocks() returns the number of blocks that have
    been created but not freed by the blkfree function.

    With argument id less than the number of named blocks that have been
    created, blocks(id) returns the named block with identifying index id.
    These indices 0, 1, 2, ... are assigned to named blocks in the order
    of their creation.

EXAMPLE

    ; A = blk("alpha")
    ; B = blk("beta") = {1,2,3}
    ; blocks()
	2
    ; blocks(1)
	block 1: beta
	chunksize = 256, maxsize = 256, datalen = 3
	010203
    ; blocks(2)
	Error 10211
    ; strerror()
	"Non-allocated index number for blocks"

LIMITS
    none

LINK LIBRARY
    none

SEE ALSO
    blk, blkfree

## Copyright (C) 1999  Landon Curt Noll
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