Procedure

   removc_c ( Remove an item from a character set ) 

   void removc_c ( ConstSpiceChar  * item,
                   SpiceCell       * a    )

Abstract

   Remove an item from a character set.

Required_Reading

   SETS

Keywords

   CELLS
   SETS

Brief_I/O

   VARIABLE  I/O  DESCRIPTION
   --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
   item       I   Item to be removed.
   a         I-O  Removal set.

Detailed_Input

   item        is an item which is to be removed from the specified set.
               `item' may or may not already be an element of the set.
               Trailing blanks in `item' are not significant.

   a           is a SPICE set.

               On input, `a' may or may not contain the input item as an
               element.

               `a' must be declared as a character SpiceCell.

               CSPICE provides the following macro, which declares and
               initializes the cell

                  SPICECHAR_CELL          ( a, ASZ, AMLEN );

               where ASZ is the maximum capacity of `a' and AMLEN is the
               maximum length of any member in the character cell.

Detailed_Output

   a           on output, contains the difference of the input set and
               the input item. If the item is not an element of the set,
               the set is not changed.

Parameters

   None.

Exceptions

   1)  The data values in set `a' must be monotone strictly increasing.
       This is not checked. If this condition is not met, the results
       are unpredictable.

   2)  If the `item' input string pointer is null, the error
       SPICE(NULLPOINTER) is signaled.

   3)  If the `a' cell argument has a type other than SpiceChar, the
       error SPICE(TYPEMISMATCH) is signaled.

   4)  If the `a' cell argument does not qualify as a SPICE set, the
       error SPICE(NOTASET) is signaled. SPICE sets have their data
       elements stored in increasing order and contain no duplicate
       elements.

Files

   None.

Particulars

   None.

Examples

   The numerical results shown for this example may differ across
   platforms. The results depend on the SPICE kernels used as
   input, the compiler and supporting libraries, and the machine
   specific arithmetic implementation.

   1) Create a set with all the original planets of the Solar
      System and then remove Pluto from that set.

      Example code begins here.


      /.
         Program removc_ex1
      ./
      #include <stdio.h>
      #include "SpiceUsr.h"

      int main( )
      {

         /.
         Local constants.
         ./
         #define PNAMSZ       8
         #define SETDIM       9

         /.
         Local variables.
         ./
         SPICECHAR_CELL     ( plnets, SETDIM, PNAMSZ );
         SpiceInt             i;

         /.
         Create the original planets list.
         ./
         SpiceChar            list   [SETDIM][PNAMSZ] = {
                                          "MERCURY", "VENUS",   "EARTH",
                                          "MARS",    "JUPITER", "SATURN",
                                          "URANUS",  "NEPTUNE", "PLUTO"  };

         /.
         Initialize the empty set.
         ./
         valid_c ( SETDIM, 0, &plnets );

         /.
         Insert the list of planets into the set. If the item is
         an element of the set, the set is not changed.
         ./
         for ( i = 0; i < SETDIM; i++ )
         {
            insrtc_c ( list[i], &plnets );
         }

         /.
         Remove the Pluto from the set. If the Pluto is not an
         element of the set, the set is not changed.
         ./
         removc_c ( "PLUTO", &plnets );

         /.
         Output the contents of `plnets'.
         ./
         printf( "Planets of the Solar System:\n" );

         for ( i = 0; i < card_c( &plnets ); i++ )
         {
            printf( "   %s\n", SPICE_CELL_ELEM_C( &plnets, i ) );
         }

         return ( 0 );
      }


      When this program was executed on a Mac/Intel/cc/64-bit
      platform, the output was:


      Planets of the Solar System:
         EARTH
         JUPITER
         MARS
         MERCURY
         NEPTUNE
         SATURN
         URANUS
         VENUS

Restrictions

   1)  String comparisons performed by this routine are Fortran-style:
       trailing blanks in the input set or key value are ignored.
       This gives consistent behavior with CSPICE code generated by
       the f2c translator, as well as with the Fortran SPICE Toolkit.

       Note that this behavior is not identical to that of the ANSI
       C library functions strcmp and strncmp.

Literature_References

   None.

Author_and_Institution

   N.J. Bachman        (JPL)
   C.A. Curzon         (JPL)
   J. Diaz del Rio     (ODC Space)
   W.L. Taber          (JPL)
   I.M. Underwood      (JPL)

Version

   -CSPICE Version 1.2.0, 24-AUG-2021 (JDR)

       Changed the argument name "set" to "a" for consistency with other
       routines.

       Edited the header to comply with NAIF standard. Added complete code
       example.

       Extended description of argument "a" in -Detailed_Input to include
       type and preferred declaration method.

       Added entry #1 in -Exceptions section.

   -CSPICE Version 1.1.0, 07-MAR-2009 (NJB)

       This file now includes the header file f2cMang.h.
       This header supports name mangling of f2c library
       functions.

   -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 07-AUG-2002 (NJB) (CAC) (WLT) (IMU)

Index_Entries

   remove an item from a character set

Link to routine removc_c source file removc_c.c