September 10, 1999 MENU_ITEM_NAME 3

### NAME

item_description, item_name - get item name or description

### LIBRARY

Curses Menu Library (libmenu, -lmenu)

### SYNOPSIS

```char``*` item_description(```ITEM *item`)
```char``*` item_name(```ITEM *item`)

### DESCRIPTION

The item_description(``) ```menu` function returns the description string associated with the passed item. The item_name(``) function returns the name string associated with the passed item.

### RETURN VALUES

The function item_description(``) and item_name(``) functions return NULL if the item pointer is not valid.

### SEE ALSO

curses(3), menus(3)

### NOTES

The header ```<menu.h>` automatically includes both ```<curses.h>` and ```<eti.h>`.