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find_text (4.9)
Category: Searching

idaman ea_t ida_export
find_text(ea_t startEA, int y, int x, const char *ustr, int sflag);
Searches the currently disassembled file(s), starting at startEA and xcoordinate x, y-coordinate y (both can be 0), for the text *ustr. sflag can be any of the previously mentioned flags.

Examples:
#include <kernwin.hpp> // For askstr() definition
#include <search.hpp>

char *s = askstr(0, "", "String to search for", NULL);

// Find the first occurrence of the string
ea_t foundAt = find_text(inf.minEA, 0, 0, s, SEARCH_DOWN);

while (foundAt != BADADDR)
    msg("%s was found at %a\n", s, foundAt);


Related: find_binary, find_text

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