Using C for string search etc

[brian]

I have a set of huge files on which I am doing some typical search and
replace operations, with the help of sed/awk scripts.

However for various reasons I have to write C programs instead of
sed/awk scripts. If someone has experience with C programming with
string searches, replace etc please let me know, web links, pointers
etc.

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

Re: Using C for string search etc

brian <brian_dell3@ya hoo.com> spoke thus:
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> However for various reasons I have to write C programs instead of
> sed/awk scripts. If someone has experience with C programming with
> string searches, replace etc please let me know, web links, pointers
> etc.[/color]

The functions declared in <string.h> are useful for searching strings
- consult your friendly documentation for more details.

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[Dan Pop]

Re: Using C for string search etc

In <c52db8$hd8$3@c hessie.cirr.com > Christopher Benson-Manica <ataru@nospam.c yberspace.org> writes:
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>brian <brian_dell3@ya hoo.com> spoke thus:
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>> However for various reasons I have to write C programs instead of
>> sed/awk scripts. If someone has experience with C programming with
>> string searches, replace etc please let me know, web links, pointers
>> etc.[/color]
>
>The functions declared in <string.h> are useful for searching strings
>- consult your friendly documentation for more details.[/color]

They are useless when the target string is specified as a regular
expression.

Dan
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[Joe Wright]

Re: Using C for string search etc

brian wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a set of huge files on which I am doing some typical search and
> replace operations, with the help of sed/awk scripts.
>
> However for various reasons I have to write C programs instead of
> sed/awk scripts. If someone has experience with C programming with
> string searches, replace etc please let me know, web links, pointers
> etc.[/color]

Hi Brian. This is a little vague. If sed/awk works, what might be some
of the various reasons you must write a new program from scratch? Might
perl be better than sed/awk for your purposes?

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