std::string and strtok

Hi there,

I'm attempting to use strtok with std::string, but unfortunately I can't convert std::string to (char *). I can do (const char *), but strtok ain't accepting that. Any ideas anybody?

Thanks,
Uni

Unimatrix_001

Asked: 2006-07-19

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jkrCommented: 2006-07-19

You even should not use 'c_str()', since 'strtok()' inserts null bytes where it encounters a separator, thus altering the string's buffer, which is not a good idea. Make a copy of the char buffer before you use 'strtok()', e.g.

#include <string>
#include <string.h>

//..

std::string str = "Just some text";

char* buf = strdup(str.c_str());

char* token = strtok(buf," ");

while (token) {

// ...

}

free(buf);

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Unimatrix_001Author Commented: 2006-07-19

Many thanks! :) Although one question, how come you're using string and string.h together? I thought .h was the older version (and obselete) compared with string?

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jkrCommented: 2006-07-19

No, not in this case. Even though you are right about e.g. 'iostream' and 'iostream.h', 'string.h' is a plain C header file that - among others - has e.g. 'strtok()', 'strdup()' and 'strstr()'. This file is not related to STL's 'string' header.

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Unimatrix_001Author Commented: 2006-07-19

Ah, okay I understand. Enjoy your points. (-:

Uni

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