how to replace sscanf in C++,using <string>s

I want to replace the following line:

sscanf(mybuf,"%s=%s\n",sz1,sz2);

with something that produces the same effect, only with
dynamic storage i.e string s which is safer.

I might try this:

sscanf(mybuf.c_str(),"%s=%s\n",string1.c_str(),str ing2.c_str());

but unsuprisingly this causes an error at runtime since there is nothing to
stop a memory overrun happening.Additionally there is no compile time check
as sscanf uses varargs.

Can anyone recommend the quickest way of acheiving this, short of writing
my own parser.

Mark

re: how to replace sscanf in C++,using <string>s

Mark wrote:[color=blue]
> I want to replace the following line:
>
> sscanf(mybuf,"%s=%s\n",sz1,sz2);
>
> with something that produces the same effect, only with
> dynamic storage i.e string s which is safer.
>
> I might try this:
>
> sscanf(mybuf.c_str(),"%s=%s\n",string1.c_str(),str ing2.c_str());
>
> but unsuprisingly this causes an error at runtime since there is nothing to
> stop a memory overrun happening.Additionally there is no compile time check
> as sscanf uses varargs.
>
> Can anyone recommend the quickest way of acheiving this, short of writing
> my own parser.[/color]

Something similar to

string::size_type eq = mybuf.find('=');
string string1 = mybuf.substr(0, eq), string2 = mybuf.substr(eq+1);

V