strsep() function Problem, please help

[daniel]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to get this program compiled under Solaris. I have actually
no idea about programming, sorry to bother you.

Unfortunately Solaris don't use the function strsep() anymore:
char *strsep(char **stringp, const char *delim);

DESCRIPTION
The strsep() function returns the next token from the
string stringp which is delimited by delim. The token is
terminated with a `\0' character and stringp is updated to
point past the token.

RETURN VALUE
The strsep() function returns a pointer to the token, or
NULL if delim is not found in stringp.

I need to use a function that Solaris knows about. Tried to simply
substitute strsep() with strtok() which didn't work. The string which I
need to port is:

while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), desc) != NULL) {
w = buf;
if ((p = strsep(&w, " \t")) == NULL)
continue;
..
..
..
Any help would be greatly appreciated since google and everyone I know
couldn't help.

-Dan

[Victor Bazarov]

da****@best.de wrote:

I'm trying to get this program compiled under Solaris. I have actually
no idea about programming, sorry to bother you.

Unfortunately Solaris don't use the function strsep() anymore:
char *strsep(char **stringp, const char *delim);

DESCRIPTION
The strsep() function returns the next token from the
string stringp which is delimited by delim. The token is
terminated with a `\0' character and stringp is updated to
point past the token.

RETURN VALUE
The strsep() function returns a pointer to the token, or
NULL if delim is not found in stringp.

I need to use a function that Solaris knows about. Tried to simply
substitute strsep() with strtok() which didn't work. The string which I
need to port is:

while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), desc) != NULL) {
w = buf;
if ((p = strsep(&w, " \t")) == NULL)
continue;

If I remember correctly (and you can verify it by RTFMing), separation
of the string is usually done by _repeated_ calls to 'strtok' and passing
NULL as the first argument on the second and the subsequent calls, until
it returns NULL. That is definitely different from 'strsep' as it is
specified in your post. So, replacing 'strsep' with 'strtok' won't work.

Your question seems to be rather of the C sort, and, since there is no
standard 'strsep' function (i.e. it's platform-specific) you should maybe
ask in a C newsgroup or in the Solaris newsgroup...

I would recommend using 'std::string' and its member function 'substr',
but if you 'have actually no idea about programming', you should perhaps
find somebody who does and hire him/her...

V

[Alex Vinokur]

<da****@best.de> wrote in message news:11**********************@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to get this program compiled under Solaris. I have actually
no idea about programming, sorry to bother you.

Unfortunately Solaris don't use the function strsep() anymore:
char *strsep(char **stringp, const char *delim);

DESCRIPTION
The strsep() function returns the next token from the
string stringp which is delimited by delim. The token is
terminated with a `\0' character and stringp is updated to
point past the token.

RETURN VALUE
The strsep() function returns a pointer to the token, or
NULL if delim is not found in stringp.

I need to use a function that Solaris knows about. Tried to simply
substitute strsep() with strtok() which didn't work. The string which I
need to port is:

while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), desc) != NULL) {
w = buf;
if ((p = strsep(&w, " \t")) == NULL)
continue;
.
.
.
Any help would be greatly appreciated since google and everyone I know
couldn't help.

-Dan

You can use C++ features instead of strsep().
Look at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...3a5c6335?hl=en
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Alex Vinokur
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