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[mayu03]

I have code where I am reading file. After I get the line into buffer I am trying to find first occurence of '*'.
How do I get the data from which is before the first occurence of '*'?
inFile.getline(inBuffer,'~');
char* p = strchr(inBuffer, '*');

 

[obislavu]

char szDataBeforeFirstStar [255];
char* p = strchr(inBuffer, '*');
if (p)
{
strncpy(szDataBeforeFirstStar,inBuffer, p-inBuffer);
szDataBeforeFirstStar[p-inBuffer] ='\0';
}
Of corse, you should take care that int len=p-inBuffer is less than 255.

-obislavu-

 

[mayu03]

One more question.
I add this line to compare the strings.
if (strcmp(szDataBeforeFirstStar,"STD&quot==0)
{ ??? }
If this is true I need to read the data in this line between 3 and 4 occurence of *. Can you help me do this?

 

[obislavu]

It could be done using only strchr() but here is a solution to split the buffer using the strtok():

int iCountStar =0;
char szFirstToken[100];
char szAnotherToken[100];
char *pszToken = strtok(inBuffer,"*");
while (pszToken)
{
	iCountStar++;
	if (iCountStar == 1)
		strcpy(szFirstToken,pszToken);
	else if (iCountStar == 4)
		strcpy(szAnotherToken,pszToken);
	pszToken = strtok(0,"*");
}// end parsing
//Now you can check the values
if (!strcmp(szFirstToken,"STD"))
{
	if (strcmp(szAnotherToken,"SOMETHING"))
	{
	// printf("%s\n",szAnotherToken);
	}
}

-obislavu-