strtok_r and delimiters

[Marco Trapanese]

Hi,

I'm trying to parse strings on an Atmel AVR device. I use the WinAVR C
Compiler (GCC)
The strings to parse are like this:

command -par0 -par1 -parn

I use strok_r function:

uint8_t sli_parseline(c har *line, char *cmd, uint8_t *argc, char
argv[][ARG_MAX_LENGHT + 1]) {

const char delimiters[] = " -";
char *token;
char *ptr;

*argc = 0;

token = strtok_r(line, delimiters, &ptr);
strcpy(cmd, token);

for (;;) {
token = strtok_r(NULL, delimiters, &ptr);
if (token == NULL) break;
strcpy(argv[(*argc)++], token);
}

}


It works like a charm but strtok_r parses any char which is in the
delimiters string. Instead I want the delimiter is actually the string
itself. An example:

load -my file

leads to:

cmd = load
arg0 = my
arg1 = file

I want:

cmd = load
arg0 = my file

This because the delimiter actually is " -" and not either ' ' or '-'.

I'm sorry for my bad English I hope I can explain my problem.

Thanks in advance for any advice.
Marco / iw2nzm

[Richard Bos]

Re: strtok_r and delimiters

Marco Trapanese <marcotrapanese NOSPAM@gmail.co mwrote:

I use strok_r function:

strtok_r isn't an ISO C function, but if it works sufficiently similarly
to strtok() (which is ISO), it won't be able to do what you want to do.

It works like a charm but strtok_r parses any char which is in the
delimiters string.

This is how strtok(), and presumably strtok_r() as well, is required to
work.

Instead I want the delimiter is actually the string itself.

There is no single ISO C function which will do that for you, but it's
easy enough to write one yourself, with the help of strstr() and some
pointer manipulation.

Richard

[Marco Trapanese]

Re: strtok_r and delimiters

Richard Bos ha scritto:

strtok_r isn't an ISO C function, but if it works sufficiently similarly
to strtok() (which is ISO), it won't be able to do what you want to do.

As far as I know strtok_r is a reentrant version of strtok().

There is no single ISO C function which will do that for you, but it's
easy enough to write one yourself, with the help of strstr() and some
pointer manipulation.

Ah ok, I thought there was a single ISO C function because it's a very
common behavior of many single line interpreters. Anyway, no problem:
I'll write my own :)

Thank for your answer.
Marco / iw2nzm

[Antoninus Twink]

Re: strtok_r and delimiters

On 20 May 2008 at 10:57, Marco Trapanese wrote:

Ah ok, I thought there was a single ISO C function because it's a very
common behavior of many single line interpreters. Anyway, no problem:
I'll write my own :)

It's the sort of thing that many implementations provide as a standard
extension or library function - for example, there GNU getopt which is
highly sophisticated. If your implementation doesn't, then yes, there's
nothing for it but to roll your own.

[Marco Trapanese]

Re: strtok_r and delimiters

Antoninus Twink ha scritto:

It's the sort of thing that many implementations provide as a standard
extension or library function - for example, there GNU getopt which is
highly sophisticated. If your implementation doesn't, then yes, there's
nothing for it but to roll your own.

I got it, thanks.

Marco / iw2nzm