Parsing a string

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I need to parse a string which is like
ACS*PR*1*101.55**2*-22**66*166*68~
The data between the asterisks should go to sepate strings (string1, string2
etc)
Can I string instead of c-string?
Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
 
I need to parse a string which is like
ACS*PR*1*101.55**2*-22**66*166*68~
The data between the asterisks should go to sepate strings (string1, string2
etc)
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If you're matching things between single '*'s, then strchr is your
friend for finding the next instance of a character in a
string. Fairly easy to make a loop that calls strchr and strdup if
you're doing c-strings.

Nathan Mates
 
You may want to look into the function strtok().
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2c8d19sb(VS.80).aspx
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Why are people pushing that braindamaged bit of code? strtok is
*dangerous*. Library functions that have globals behind your back are
a recipe for disaster. It's only slightly better than gets(). See
things like: http://xp-framework.info/xml/xp.en_US/news/view?31

Sure, MS might have fixed some of the evil with strtok_s. If so,
then recommend it, and only it. But, as the original poster is using
single characters to separate things, then strchr/strrchr will do the
trick, and is *SAFE*.

Nathan Mates
 
sath said:
I need to parse a string which is like
ACS*PR*1*101.55**2*-22**66*166*68~
The data between the asterisks should go to sepate strings (string1,
string2
etc)
Can I string instead of c-string?
Any help is appreciated.
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Since you're posting in the C++/CLI group, try System::String::Split
 
sath said:
I need to parse a string which is like
ACS*PR*1*101.55**2*-22**66*166*68~
The data between the asterisks should go to sepate strings (string1, string2
etc)
Can I string instead of c-string?
Any help is appreciated.
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If speed doesn't matter, you can put it into a
stringstream and read with 'std::getline()' using '*'
as the EOL char until you hit EDF. Or look into the
'std::string::find...()' family of functions and use
one of these together with 'std::string::substr()'.
Both ways avoid C-strings.
Thanks in advance.
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HTH,

Schobi

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Nathan Mates said:
Why are people pushing that braindamaged bit of code? strtok is
*dangerous*. Library functions that have globals behind your back are
a recipe for disaster. It's only slightly better than gets(). See
things like: http://xp-framework.info/xml/xp.en_US/news/view?31

Sure, MS might have fixed some of the evil with strtok_s. If so,
then recommend it, and only it. But, as the original poster is using
single characters to separate things, then strchr/strrchr will do the
trick, and is *SAFE*.

Nathan Mates
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While I'm sure you have a point, why the reference to this "XP Framework",
which appears to be some sort of class library for PHP? Links from the cited
article all lead to PHP.
 
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