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.TH "ELEKTRA\-VALUES" "7" "2015-11-19" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBelektra\-values\fR \- values of elektra keys
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.P
In Elektra string\-keys are preferred\. Nevertheless, binary keys, i\.e\. strings with null\-characters embedded are possible\.
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.SH "ABSENT KEYS"
Sometimes a key does not exist at all\. When using ksLookup() you will get a null pointer\. In the C++ Binding the null pointer is wrapped in a key\. Thus this is also sometimes called \fBNULL KEYS\fR\.
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.SH "NULL VALUES"
Null values are binary values without content\. They are the only keys that have the size 0\.
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.P
Null values are always binary values\.
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.SH "EMPTY VALUES"
Empty values point to a string that only contains a null byte\.
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.P
Empty values are possible for both string and binary values\.