Generic Identifier Queries

The generic identifier query feature of CScout is one of its most powerfull features, allowing you to accurately specify the properties of identifiers you are looking for, by means of the following form.

Identifier Query

Writable
Read-only
Tag for struct/union/enum
Member of struct/union
Label
Ordinary identifier
Macro
Undefined macro
Macro argument
File scope
Project scope
Typedef
Enumeration constant
Yacc identifier
Function
Crosses file boundary
Unused

Match any marked         Match all marked         Exclude marked         Exact match


Identifier names should ( not) match RE
Select identifiers from filenames ( not) matching RE

Query title   

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In the form you specify: Through the query's submission button can choose to obtain as a result In the second case (matching files), each file in the file list will provide you with a link (marked source) showing the file's source code with all matched identifiers marked using hyperlinks.

As an example, the following query could be used to identify unused file-scoped writable identifiers, but excluding the copyright and rcsid identifiers:

Identifier Query

Writable
Read-only
Tag for struct/union/enum
Member of struct/union
Label
Ordinary identifier
Macro
Undefined macro
Macro argument
File scope
Project scope
Typedef
Enumeration constant
Crosses file boundary
Unused

Match any marked         Match all marked         Exclude marked         Exact match


Identifier names should ( not) match RE
Select identifiers from filenames matching RE

Query title   

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