Dumping Fields Into Variables

[kvarnerexpress 0]

have a file that we are supposed to use as input. It looks like this:Code:name:curriculum:gradyear:ssn:dobI'm going to read it in a buffer, but trying to find the logic to seperate the fields and then place in a variable. I was thinking something like:Code:if(ispunct(buf[x]) != ':') strcpy(s->name, buf);Any suggestions is greatly appreciated!

[mizako 0]

have a file that we are supposed to use as input. It looks like this:

Code:

name:curriculum:gradyear:ssn:dob

I'm going to read it in a buffer, but trying to find the logic to seperate the fields and then place in a variable. I was thinking something like:

Code:

if(ispunct(buf[x]) != ':')

  strcpy(s->name, buf);

Any suggestions is greatly appreciated!

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You can use the strtok() function.

As a pseudocode example:

char *aux;

/* Buffer contains name:curriculum:gradyear:ssn:dob*/

aux = buf;

/* i suppose s is a structure with the fields name, curriculum ..... and the memory for this fields has been already alloced, if not use strdup instead of strcpy */

strcpy (s->name,strtok(aux,':'));

strcpy (s->curriculum,strtok(NULL,':'));

strcpy (s->gradyear,strtok(NULL,':'));

strcpy (s->ssn,strtok(NULL,':'));

strcpy (s->dob,strtok(NULL,':'));