Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:46:52 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is there an easier way? Message-ID: <20080219004652.GD5362@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <47BA17B6.20906@tundraware.com> References: <20080218230351.GA28000@thought.org> <47BA1375.2010108@tundraware.com> <47BA14F8.4060109@tundraware.com> <47BA17B6.20906@tundraware.com>
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On 2008-02-18 17:41, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote: > Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> Ooops ... wasn't paying attention. While the printed output is the >> same, doing it this way is destructive to the original s1 string - >> which may matter (or not)... > > So, to protect the original string, you do have to copy the original > string to a new buffer: ... or use strcspn() and strspn() which are non-destructive (see my other post in the same thread about an example). I tend to prefer avoiding strtok() if possible, precisely because of its destructive behavior.
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