tokenizer

[compboy]

Does anyone know how to break string apart using c?
I know that we can use strtok to tokenize a string but by using that
we can only use 1 char as a delimiter.
like:
char delimiter[] = "*";
strtok(string, delimiter);

so how do you break string aparts if the delimiter is a string that
more than 1 char length?

likes delimiter[] = "***";

eg:
string = "this is the 1st string *** this is the 2nd string"
and break it into
string1 = "this is the 1st string"
string2 = "this is the 2nd string"

Thanks a lot.

 

[Ben Pfaff]

Does anyone know how to break string apart using c?
I know that we can use strtok to tokenize a string but by using that
we can only use 1 char as a delimiter.
like:
char delimiter[] = "*";
strtok(string, delimiter);

so how do you break string aparts if the delimiter is a string that
more than 1 char length?

You write a function to do it for you. You are allowed to
examine and modify strings yourself, you know; there is no
restriction that only standard library functions can do so.

 

[Richard Heathfield]

compboy said:

Does anyone know how to break string apart using c?
I know that we can use strtok to tokenize a string but by using that
we can only use 1 char as a delimiter.
like:
char delimiter[] = "*";
strtok(string, delimiter);

so how do you break string aparts if the delimiter is a string that
more than 1 char length?

likes delimiter[] = "***";

eg:
string = "this is the 1st string *** this is the 2nd string"
and break it into
string1 = "this is the 1st string"
string2 = "this is the 2nd string"

Using strstr, get a pointer to the beginning of the delimiting string.

Using memcpy, copy that away to your first array. Don't forget to
null-terminate it.

Skip forward from your pointer by the length of your delimiter. You are now
pointing at the beginning of the second token.

 

[thampan]

sscanf

 

[compboy]

Cool I have got it now.
thanks a lot for your answer

but I think they should add this funtion to c library.
what do you guys think?

thanks

 

[CBFalconer]

Cool I have got it now.
thanks a lot for your answer

but I think they should add this funtion to c library.
what do you guys think?

You have what? What answer? What "funtion"? Think about what?

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[Default User]

sscanf

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Brian