Read strings from a one dimensional buffer...

[imma]

Hi Friends,

I am trying to create a log of some of the outputs. For this I am using
doing the following things...

char * buff = malloc(SIZE);

buff[0] = id_number
len = strlen(data);
memcpy(&buff[1], data, len);

and so on.....

So, in buffer, my data will be ...

1aaaaaaaaaaaa2bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb3ccccccccccc....

For some reasons, I can not use the Files. So I have to stick to
malloced buffer.

Now, I want to read this data. For me, "1aaaaaaaaaaaa" is one set of
data wherein '1' is the id_number and "aaaaaaaaaaaa" is actual data.
Pls note that length of the actual data is unknown. So practically
there are no delimiters. I was counting on the id_number as the
delimiter. But when I use sscanf, it reads 1a instead of 1.

How can I read this ? Is there any better method?

Thanks in advance,
ImMa...

[David Resnick]

imma wrote:

Hi Friends,

I am trying to create a log of some of the outputs. For this I am using
doing the following things...

char * buff = malloc(SIZE);

buff[0] = id_number
len = strlen(data);
memcpy(&buff[1], data, len);

and so on.....

So, in buffer, my data will be ...

1aaaaaaaaaaaa2bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb3ccccccccccc....

For some reasons, I can not use the Files. So I have to stick to
malloced buffer.

Now, I want to read this data. For me, "1aaaaaaaaaaaa" is one set of
data wherein '1' is the id_number and "aaaaaaaaaaaa" is actual data.
Pls note that length of the actual data is unknown. So practically
there are no delimiters. I was counting on the id_number as the
delimiter. But when I use sscanf, it reads 1a instead of 1.

How can I read this ? Is there any better method?

Thanks in advance,
ImMa...

Well, if there can be digits in the data or if you want more
than CHAR_MAX elements you are out of luck with the
format described.

Otherwise, you could use a combination of
strtol(buf, &endptr, 10);
and
strcspn(endptr, "0123456789");
to sort out your string.

-David

[Default User]

imma wrote:

For some reasons, I can not use the Files. So I have to stick to
malloced buffer.

What do you mean by this?
Brian

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[imma]

I am going to use this code in real time environment. so i guess file
operation, malloc of buffers wont be feasible. Hence I will allocate
big chunk of memory during initialisation and use it for logging..

[Keith Thompson]

"imma" <ma******@gmail.com> writes:

I am going to use this code in real time environment. so i guess file
operation, malloc of buffers wont be feasible. Hence I will allocate
big chunk of memory during initialisation and use it for logging..

What code?

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[sathyashrayan]

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Hi Friends,

I am trying to create a log of some of the outputs. For this I am using
doing the following things...

char * buff = malloc(SIZE);

buff[0] = id_number
len = strlen(data);
memcpy(&buff[1], data, len);

and so on.....

So, in buffer, my data will be ...

1aaaaaaaaaaaa2bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb3ccccccccccc....

For some reasons, I can not use the Files. So I have to stick to
malloced buffer.

Now, I want to read this data. For me, "1aaaaaaaaaaaa" is one set of
data wherein '1' is the id_number and "aaaaaaaaaaaa" is actual data.
Pls note that length of the actual data is unknown. ^^^^^^^^^
The strlen function takes care about that. The argument in strlen are passes
a pointer.

So practically
there are no delimiters. I was counting on the id_number as the
delimiter. But when I use sscanf, it reads 1a instead of 1.

How can I read this ? Is there any better method?

Looking at the section 7.21.5 of the 2005 std may help.