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081e6815 1/* -*-c-*-
2 *
3 * $Id: str.h,v 1.1 1999/05/17 20:37:01 mdw Exp $
4 *
5 * Functions for hacking with strings
6 *
7 * (c) 1999 Straylight/Edgeware
8 */
9
10/*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
11 *
12 * This file is part of the mLib utilities library.
13 *
14 * mLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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23 *
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26 * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
27 * MA 02111-1307, USA.
28 */
29
30/*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
31 *
32 * $Log: str.h,v $
33 * Revision 1.1 1999/05/17 20:37:01 mdw
34 * Some trivial string hacks.
35 *
36 */
37
38#ifndef STR_H
39#define STR_H
40
41#ifdef __cplusplus
42 extern "C" {
43#endif
44
45/*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
46
47#include <stddef.h>
48
49/*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
50
51/* --- @str_getword@ --- *
52 *
53 * Arguments: @char **pp@ = address of pointer into string
54 *
55 * Returns: Pointer to the next space-separated word from the string,
56 * or null.
57 *
58 * Use: Parses off space-separated words from a string.
59 */
60
61extern char *str_getword(char **/*pp*/);
62
63/* --- @str_split@ --- *
64 *
65 * Arguments: @char *p@ = pointer to string
66 * @char *v[]@ = pointer to array to fill in
67 * @size_t c@ = count of strings to fill in
68 *
69 * Returns: Number of strings filled in.
70 *
71 * Use: Fills an array with pointers to the individual words of a
72 * string. The string is modified in place to contain zero
73 * bytes at the word boundaries, and the words have leading
74 * and trailing space stripped off. No more than @c@ words
75 * are read; the actual number is returned as the value of the
76 * function. Unused slots in the array are populated with
77 * null bytes.
78 */
79
80extern size_t str_split(char */*p*/, char */*v*/[], size_t /*c*/);
81
82/* --- @str_sanitize@ --- *
83 *
84 * Arguments: @char *d@ = destination buffer
85 * @const char *p@ = pointer to source string
86 * @size_t sz@ = size of destination buffer
87 *
88 * Returns: ---
89 *
90 * Use: Writes a string into a buffer, being careful not to overflow
91 * the buffer, to null terminate the result, and to prevent
92 * nasty nonprintable characters ending up in the buffer.
93 */
94
95extern void str_sanitize(char */*d*/, const char */*p*/, size_t /*sz*/);
96
97/*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/
98
99#ifdef __cplusplus
100 }
101#endif
102
103#endif