2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dive.c b/dive.c
index 384ce3758..e9ecf3a92 100644
--- a/dive.c
+++ b/dive.c
@@ -583,6 +583,15 @@ void copy_cylinders(struct dive *s, struct dive *d, bool used_only)
 	}
 }
 
+int cylinderuse_from_text(const char *text)
+{
+	for (enum cylinderuse i = 0; i < NUM_GAS_USE; i++) {
+		if (same_string(text, cylinderuse_text[i]))
+			return i;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
 void copy_samples(struct divecomputer *s, struct divecomputer *d)
 {
 	/* instead of carefully copying them one by one and calling add_sample
diff --git a/dive.h b/dive.h
index 1723c5b05..0be834851 100644
--- a/dive.h
+++ b/dive.h
@@ -647,6 +647,8 @@ extern int git_load_dives(struct git_repository *, const char *);
 extern const char *saved_git_id;
 extern void clear_git_id(void);
 extern void set_git_id(const struct git_oid *);
+int cylinderuse_from_text(const char *text);
+
 
 struct user_info {
 	const char *name;