3 * $Id: str.h,v 1.4 2000/10/08 09:43:34 mdw Exp $
5 * Functions for hacking with strings
7 * (c) 1999 Straylight/Edgeware
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30 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
33 * Revision 1.4 2000/10/08 09:43:34 mdw
34 * New quoted string handling and simple pattern matching.
36 * Revision 1.3 1999/12/10 23:42:04 mdw
37 * Change header file guard names.
39 * Revision 1.2 1999/05/26 20:52:57 mdw
40 * Add new `rest' argument for `str_split'.
42 * Revision 1.1 1999/05/17 20:37:01 mdw
43 * Some trivial string hacks.
54 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
58 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
60 /* --- @str_qword@ --- *
62 * Arguments: @char **pp@ = address of pointer into string
63 * @unsigned f@ = various flags
65 * Returns: Pointer to the next space-separated possibly-quoted word from
66 * the string, or null.
68 * Use: Fetches the next word from a string. If the flag
69 * @STRF_QUOTE@ is set, the `\' character acts as an escape, and
70 * single and double quotes protect whitespace.
75 extern char *str_qword(char **/*pp*/, unsigned /*f*/);
77 /* --- @str_qsplit@ --- *
79 * Arguments: @char *p@ = pointer to string
80 * @char *v[]@ = pointer to array to fill in
81 * @size_t c@ = count of strings to fill in
82 * @char **rest@ = where to store the remainder of the string
83 * @unsigned f@ = flags for @str_qword@
85 * Returns: Number of strings filled in.
87 * Use: Fills an array with pointers to the individual words of a
88 * string. The string is modified in place to contain zero
89 * bytes at the word boundaries, and the words have leading
90 * and trailing space stripped off. No more than @c@ words
91 * are read; the actual number is returned as the value of the
92 * function. Unused slots in the array are populated with
93 * null bytes. If there's any string left, the address of the
94 * remainder is stored in @rest@ (if it's non-null); otherwise
95 * @rest@ is set to a null pointer.
98 extern size_t str_qsplit(char */*p*/, char */*v*/[], size_t /*c*/,
99 char **/*rest*/, unsigned /*f*/);
101 /* --- @str_getword@ --- *
103 * Arguments: @char **pp@ = address of pointer into string
105 * Returns: Pointer to the next space-separated word from the string,
108 * Use: Parses off space-separated words from a string. This is a
109 * compatibility veneer over @str_qword@.
112 extern char *str_getword(char **/*pp*/);
114 /* --- @str_split@ --- *
116 * Arguments: @char *p@ = pointer to string
117 * @char *v[]@ = pointer to array to fill in
118 * @size_t c@ = count of strings to fill in
119 * @char **rest@ = where to store the remainder of the string
121 * Returns: Number of strings filled in.
123 * Use: Fills an array with pointers to the individual words of a
124 * string. This is a compatibility veneer over @str_qsplit@.
127 extern size_t str_split(char */*p*/, char */*v*/[],
128 size_t /*c*/, char **/*rest*/);
130 /* --- @str_match@ --- *
132 * Arguments: @const char *p@ = pointer to pattern string
133 * @const char *s@ = string to compare with
135 * Returns: Nonzero if the pattern matches the string.
137 * Use: Does simple wildcard matching. This is quite nasty and more
138 * than a little slow. Supports metacharacters `*', `?' and
142 extern int str_match(const char */*p*/, const char */*s*/);
144 /* --- @str_sanitize@ --- *
146 * Arguments: @char *d@ = destination buffer
147 * @const char *p@ = pointer to source string
148 * @size_t sz@ = size of destination buffer
152 * Use: Writes a string into a buffer, being careful not to overflow
153 * the buffer, to null terminate the result, and to prevent
154 * nasty nonprintable characters ending up in the buffer.
157 extern void str_sanitize(char */*d*/, const char */*p*/, size_t /*sz*/);
159 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/