To find the synonym and the short description for a state
S1
as it appears in the state’s form (the pathnameCH:SSS.S1
uniquely identifies the state), include the following code in the C program:stm_id state_id;
stm_description state_desc;
stm_short_name state_syn;
int status;
state_id = stm_r_st ("CH:SSS.S1", &status);
state_syn = stm_r_st_synonym (state_id, &status);
state_desc = stm_r_st_description (state_id, &status);Two consecutive function calls are used to extract the synonym and the short description of the same element. The assigned variable and the function return value must have compatible data types; therefore,
state_id
is declared asstm_id
.