strsep

Syntax

#include <string.h>

char *strsep(char **stringp, char *delim);

Description

This function retrieves the next token from the given string, where stringp points to a variable holding, initially, the start of the string. Tokens are delimited by a character from delim. Each time the function is called, it returns a pointer to the next token, and sets *stringp to the next spot to check, or NULL.

Return Value

The next token, or NULL.

Portability

not ANSI, not POSIX

Example

main()
{
  char *buf = "Hello  there,stranger";
  char **bp = &buf;
  char *tok;
  while (tok = strsep(bp, " ,"))
    printf("tok = `%s'\n", tok);
}

tok = `Hello'
tok = `'
tok = `there'
tok = `stranger'

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