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key

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key(p1) public

Returns the key associated with the given value. If more than one key corresponds to the given value, then the first key to be found will be returned. If no keys are found, nil will be returned.

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static VALUE
fsdbm_key(VALUE obj, VALUE valstr)
{
    datum key, val;
    struct dbmdata *dbmp;
    DBM *dbm;

    ExportStringValue(valstr);
    val.dptr = RSTRING_PTR(valstr);
    val.dsize = RSTRING_LENINT(valstr);

    GetDBM2(obj, dbmp, dbm);
    for (key = sdbm_firstkey(dbm); key.dptr; key = sdbm_nextkey(dbm)) {
        val = sdbm_fetch(dbm, key);
        if (val.dsize == RSTRING_LEN(valstr) &&
            memcmp(val.dptr, RSTRING_PTR(valstr), val.dsize) == 0)
            return rb_external_str_new(key.dptr, key.dsize);
    }
    return Qnil;
}

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