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    (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) <ache@astral.msk.su>
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In message <26374.815839706@time.cdrom.com> Jordan K. Hubbard writes:

>> I can make checklist function understand NULL and do nothing
>> for 'result' arg and pass char array as yet one additional arg, i.e.
>> char hit[nitems]. When function returns, it will have 1 for
>> selected items and 0 for others. Is it what you want here?

>I'm not sure I understand this exactly.  Could you perhaps clarify it
>with a little function prototype and a short explanation of the
>returned values?

I mean:

char *it = malloc(nitems);

... dialog_checklist(..., NULL, it);
			   \     \
			result   new argument

for (i = 0; i < nitems; i++)
	if (it[i])
		printf ("Item #%d choosed\n", i);

free(it);

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov        : And I rest so composedly,  /Now, in my bed,
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