Gtk.EntryCompletion.compute_prefix

### Method

# Gtk EntryCompletioncompute_prefix

#### Declaration [src]

    char*
    gtk_entry_completion_compute_prefix (
      GtkEntryCompletion* completion,
      const char* key
    )

#### Description [src]

Computes the common prefix that is shared by all rows in `completion` that start with `key`.

If no row matches `key`, `NULL` will be returned. Note that a text column must have been set for this function to work, see `gtk_entry_completion_set_text_column()` for details.

#### Parameters

`key` | `const char*`
| The text to complete for.
| The data is owned by the caller of the function.
| The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Returns: | `char*`
| The common prefix all rows starting with `key`.
| The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
| The return value can be `NULL`.
| The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.