parsing string into an array

[John Smith]

I would like to parse a string into an array. I found on the net
the following codes which parse a string and print it. The result
is exactly what I want:

char * pch;
pch = strtok (buffer," ");
while (pch != NULL)
{
printf ("%s\n",pch) ;
pch = strtok (NULL, " ,.");
}

To store the output to a string array, I created a two-dimensional
array and copied the output to the array:

char output[5][55];
char * pch;
int i=0;
pch = strtok (str," ");
while (pch != NULL)
{
strcpy(output[i],pch);
printf ("%s\n",pch) ;
printf("output[%d] is %s.\n";i,output[i++]);
pch = strtok (NULL, " ,.");
}

This doesn't work. What's in the output array is nothing like the
output (on screen). How should it be done?

[Joe Wright]

CBFalconer wrote:

Joe Wright wrote:

... snip ...

(Do us a favor. See if you can turn off the annoying MIME stuff)

... snip ...

I am among the first to bitch and moan about mime and html in
Usenet, but I see none in this thread. Has something stripped it
on the path from there to here?

I suspect you have turned it off in your reader, as I now have.
--
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--- Albert Einstein ---

[Walter Roberson]

In article <42************ ***@yahoo.com>,
CBFalconer <cb********@wor ldnet.att.net> wrote:

I am among the first to bitch and moan about mime and html in
Usenet, but I see none in this thread. Has something stripped it
on the path from there to here?

It isn't the typical obvious MIME so my reader (trn) didn't notice
it either. He did, though, have a Content-type: text/plain
header that specified a charset of Big5. Content-Type is a MIME
header, and on some systems the Big5 (i.e., one of the Chinese
encodings) would trigger different behaviour than if it were
(say) 8859-1 .
--
Studies show that the average reader ignores 106% of all statistics
they see in .signatures.

[Keith Thompson]

Guillaume <"grsNOSPAM at NOTTHATmail dot com"> writes:

John Smith wrote:

To store the output to a string array, I created a two-dimensional
array and copied the output to the array:

char output[5][55];
(snip)
This doesn't work. What's in the output array is nothing like the
output (on screen). How should it be done?

[snip] As a side note, I will add that outside of textbooks, multidimensiona l
arrays in C are not particularly useful. Their syntax is often
misleading (in my opinion) and they can serve only very limited
purpose. I tend to prefer arrays of arrays, which are easier to handle
and more flexible (in my opinion).

I'm not certain what distinction you're making here. The declaration
char output[5][55];
defines output as an array of arrays of char, which is the closest
thing C has to a multi-dimensional array.

Perhaps you're thinking of an array of pointers to arrays?

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[Christopher Benson-Manica]

John Smith <js****@company .com> spoke thus:

(Is MIME turned off this time? Hope it is.)

It seems not to be - the header that Walter referred to is still
present:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Big5

although it also looks like the people it annoys have been able to
change their newsreader configuration, so you may not have to worry
about it (tin has not complained about it here, FWIW).

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ataru(at)cybers pace.org | don't, I need to know. Flames welcome.

[CBFalconer]

Christopher Benson-Manica wrote:

John Smith <js****@company .com> spoke thus:

(Is MIME turned off this time? Hope it is.)

It seems not to be - the header that Walter referred to is still
present:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Big5

although it also looks like the people it annoys have been able to
change their newsreader configuration, so you may not have to worry
about it (tin has not complained about it here, FWIW).

There is no attached mime section, nor any html. So I see no harm
in it, although I am one of the most vocal html/mime haters
extant.

--
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the broken "Reply" link at the bottom of the article. Click on
"show options" at the top of the article, then click on the
"Reply" at the bottom of the article headers." - Keith Thompson

[Default User]

Christopher Benson-Manica wrote:

John Smith <js****@company .com> spoke thus:

(Is MIME turned off this time? Hope it is.)

It seems not to be - the header that Walter referred to is still
present:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Big5

although it also looks like the people it annoys have been able to
change their newsreader configuration, so you may not have to worry
about it (tin has not complained about it here, FWIW).

All it does for me is change the font from the default to a sans-serif
one. It's annoying to a certain extent, but not a killer. I haven't
figured out how to make XanaNews ignore it, if even possible.

Brian