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  1. #include <stdio.h>
  2.  
  3. void splitString(const char *from, char start, char end, char *into)
  4. {
  5.     /* Really first we make sure the output string can be printed by terminating it */
  6.     *into = '\0';
  7.  
  8.     /* First find the `start` character */
  9.     while (*from && *from++ != start)
  10.         ;
  11.  
  12.     /* Now we are either at the end of the string, or found the character */
  13.     if (!*from)
  14.         return;  /* At end of string, character not found */
  15.  
  16.     /* Copy the string while we don't see the `end` character */
  17.     while (*from && *from != end)
  18.         *into++ = *from++;
  19.  
  20.     /* Now terminate the output string */
  21.     *into = '\0';
  22. }
  23.  
  24. int main()
  25. {
  26.     char into[8];
  27.     const char *from = "this is #string# i want to look for ";
  28.  
  29.     splitString(from, '#' ,'#', into);
  30.  
  31.     printf("from = \"%s\"\n", from);
  32.     printf("into = \"%s\"\n", into);
  33.  
  34.     return 0;
  35. }
  36.  
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from = "this is #string# i want to look for "
into = "string"
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language:
C (gcc 8.3)
created:
11 years ago
visibility:
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