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author | David Bremner <bremner@debian.org> | 2012-11-24 09:43:42 -0400 |
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committer | David Bremner <bremner@debian.org> | 2012-12-08 10:56:11 -0400 |
commit | 9ff72a83bda69e6c064bd8be9f201a4626bff54e (patch) | |
tree | a53eea64b65ebd90f80f4f2b4868cf4bb04c899b /util/string-util.h | |
parent | 10085656d5db8e9d26f83ad0b62f9428bb5425c0 (diff) |
util: add string-util.[ch]
This is to give a home to strtok_len. It's a bit silly to add a header
for one routine, but it needs to be shared between several compilation
units (or at least that's the most natural design).
Diffstat (limited to 'util/string-util.h')
-rw-r--r-- | util/string-util.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util/string-util.h b/util/string-util.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ac7676c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/util/string-util.h @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +#ifndef _STRING_UTIL_H +#define _STRING_UTIL_H + +#include <string.h> + +/* like strtok(3), but without state, and doesn't modify s. Return + * value is indicated by pointer and length, not null terminator. + * + * Usage pattern: + * + * const char *tok = input; + * const char *delim = " \t"; + * size_t tok_len = 0; + * + * while ((tok = strtok_len (tok + tok_len, delim, &tok_len)) != NULL) { + * // do stuff with string tok of length tok_len + * } + */ + +char *strtok_len (char *s, const char *delim, size_t *len); + +#endif |