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Associate III
April 8, 2024
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How to search file location for a particular function

  • April 8, 2024
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In STM32Cube, how do you word search for a particular function among dozens of HAL, middleware source files?  How to find MX_APPE_Process(); as appear in main() in main.c  TIA

Best answer by Andrew Neil

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And, of course, there is the 'Search' menu:

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Tesla DeLorean
Guru
April 8, 2024

Any kind of find-in-files or right click context option?

Outside, perhaps grep or a decent file manager?

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Karl Yamashita
Lead III
April 9, 2024

Place cursor on the function of interest and press F3 on keyboard which should select/open the file and jump to the function within it.

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Andrew Neil
Andrew NeilBest answer
Super User
April 9, 2024

Also available on the right-click pop-up menu:

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See also:

AndrewNeil_1-1712652273860.png

 

EDIT

And, of course, there is the 'Search' menu:

AndrewNeil_0-1712652480124.png

 

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