L_BarCodeGetFirstDuplicated

#include "ltbar.h"

L_LTBAR_API L_INT L_BarCodeGetFirstDuplicated(pBarCodeData, nIndex)

Returns the index of the first barcode in the array that is a duplicate of the barcode at index nIndex.

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Comments

LEADTOOLS provides a number of functions to let you work with duplicated barcodes. They let you:

• Find the number of duplicates of a specific barcode.
• Determine whether a specific barcode is duplicated.
• Get the index of the first duplicated barcode.
• Get the index of a subsequent barcode.

To determine whether a barcode is duplicated, use the L_BarCodeIsDuplicated function. If a barcode is duplicated, L_BarCodeGetDuplicated will return the index of the first barcode in the array after the specified barcode, which is a duplicate of the specified barcode.

If you know the index of a barcode within an array, you can get the index of the first duplicate of the specified barcode using L_BarCodeGetFirstDuplicated. Use the L_BarCodeGetNextDuplicated to get the next instance of a duplicated barcode.

Although no function is included to tell you the number of different sets of barcodes that are duplicated, you can easily program this by using the following code:

L_INT i, j, nCount; 
L_BOOL * pbVisited = (L_BOOL *)malloc(pBarCodeData->nTotalCount*sizeof(L_BOOL)); 
memset(pbVisited, 0, pBarCodeData->nTotalCount*sizeof(L_BOOL)); 
nCount = 0; 
for (i=0; i<pBarCodeData->nTotalCount; i++) 
{ 
   if(pbVisited[i]) 
      continue; 
   pbVisited[i] = TRUE; 
   nCount++; 
   j = i; 
   while(pBarCodeData[j].nIndexDuplicate != -1) 
   { 
      j = pBarCodeData[j].nIndexDuplicate; 
      pbVisited[j] = TRUE; 
   } 
} 
free(pbVisited); 

After this code is executed, nCount will contain the number of different sets of barcodes.

As an example, suppose you have a call to L_BarCodeRead that reads ten barcodes into a BARCODEDATA array. When L_BarCodeIsDuplicated is called for the item at index 3 in the array TRUE is returned. Therefore one or more barcodes in the array are duplicates of the specified item.

Calling L_BarCodeGetFirstDuplicated returns the index of the first barcode in the array that is a duplicate of the barcode at index 3 in the array. Suppose this value is 0. The barcode present at index zero in the array is the first duplicate of the barcode at index 3.

Calling L_BarCodeGetNextDuplicated with nIndex set to 3 will return the index of the next barcode in the array that is a duplicate of the barcodes at index 0 and 3. Suppose this value is 9. Therefore the barcodes at index 0, index 3, and index 9 of the array are all duplicates.

Required DLLs and Libraries

Platforms

Win32, x64, Linux.

L_INT BarCodeGetFirstDuplicatedExample(HWND hWnd, pBARCODEDATA * ppBarCodeData) 
{ 
   L_INT nDupIndex=0; 
   L_TCHAR szBuffer[256]; 
   if (!ppBarCodeData) 
      return FAILURE; 
   ZeroMemory(szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer)); 
   // suppose you have more than 5 in ppBarCodeData of BARCODEDATA 
   if (L_BarCodeIsDuplicated(&(*ppBarCodeData)[1])) 
   { 
      nDupIndex = L_BarCodeGetFirstDuplicated(*ppBarCodeData, 1); 
      if (nDupIndex >= 0) 
      { 
         // Print the first duplicated bar code data 
         wsprintf(szBuffer, TEXT("Data is %hs\nType %d\nUnits %d\nPosX %d\nPosY %d\nWidth %d\nHeight %d\n\n"), 
         (*ppBarCodeData)[nDupIndex].pszBarCodeData, (*ppBarCodeData)[nDupIndex].ulType, (*ppBarCodeData)[nDupIndex].nUnits, 
         (*ppBarCodeData)[nDupIndex].rcBarLocation.left, 
         (*ppBarCodeData)[nDupIndex].rcBarLocation.top, 
         abs((*ppBarCodeData)[nDupIndex].rcBarLocation.right - (*ppBarCodeData)[nDupIndex].rcBarLocation.left), 
         abs((*ppBarCodeData)[nDupIndex].rcBarLocation.bottom - (*ppBarCodeData)[nDupIndex].rcBarLocation.top)); 
         return SUCCESS; 
      } 
      else 
      { 
         wsprintf(szBuffer, TEXT("An error occurred in L_BarCodeGetFirstDuplicated\nError Code = %d\n"), nDupIndex); 
         return nDupIndex; 
      } 
   } 
   else 
      wsprintf(szBuffer, TEXT("This Bar Code does not duplicated ...")); 
   MessageBox(hWnd, szBuffer, ((nDupIndex >= 0) ? TEXT("BarCode Info.") : TEXT("Notice!")), MB_OK); 
   return SUCCESS; 
}