#include "ipd.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 { 
    // some variables 
    ipdLong         i;
    ipdChar        *s;
 
    // inititalize the ViennaIPD library
    ipdInit(NULL, NULL);
    
    // create a database with an arbitrary name
    ipdCreateBase("NameOfTheDatabase", 0);
 
    // read a ViennaIPD file 
    ipdReadInputDeck("viennaipd.ipd");
 
    // access the data of various ViennaIPD objects 
    ipdGetStringByName("~a", &s);
    printf("Value of ~a: %s\n", s);                              
 
    // member data can be accessed too
    ipdGetIntegerByName("~Double.d", &i);
    printf("Value of ~Double.d: %d\n", i);
 
   // free the ViennaIPD internal datastructures
   ipdFreeAll();
 
    return 0;
}