3 * $Id: str.h,v 1.5 2004/04/08 01:36:13 mdw Exp $
5 * Functions for hacking with strings
7 * (c) 1999 Straylight/Edgeware
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37 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
41 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
43 /* --- @str_qword@ --- *
45 * Arguments: @char **pp@ = address of pointer into string
46 * @unsigned f@ = various flags
48 * Returns: Pointer to the next space-separated possibly-quoted word from
49 * the string, or null.
51 * Use: Fetches the next word from a string. If the flag
52 * @STRF_QUOTE@ is set, the `\' character acts as an escape, and
53 * single and double quotes protect whitespace.
58 extern char *str_qword(char **/
*pp*/
, unsigned /*f*/);
60 /* --- @str_qsplit@ --- *
62 * Arguments: @char *p@ = pointer to string
63 * @char *v[]@ = pointer to array to fill in
64 * @size_t c@ = count of strings to fill in
65 * @char **rest@ = where to store the remainder of the string
66 * @unsigned f@ = flags for @str_qword@
68 * Returns: Number of strings filled in.
70 * Use: Fills an array with pointers to the individual words of a
71 * string. The string is modified in place to contain zero
72 * bytes at the word boundaries, and the words have leading
73 * and trailing space stripped off. No more than @c@ words
74 * are read; the actual number is returned as the value of the
75 * function. Unused slots in the array are populated with
76 * null bytes. If there's any string left, the address of the
77 * remainder is stored in @rest@ (if it's non-null); otherwise
78 * @rest@ is set to a null pointer.
81 extern size_t str_qsplit(char */
*p*/
, char */
*v*/
[], size_t /*c*/,
82 char **/
*rest*/
, unsigned /*f*/);
84 /* --- @str_getword@ --- *
86 * Arguments: @char **pp@ = address of pointer into string
88 * Returns: Pointer to the next space-separated word from the string,
91 * Use: Parses off space-separated words from a string. This is a
92 * compatibility veneer over @str_qword@.
95 extern char *str_getword(char **/
*pp*/
);
97 /* --- @str_split@ --- *
99 * Arguments: @char *p@ = pointer to string
100 * @char *v[]@ = pointer to array to fill in
101 * @size_t c@ = count of strings to fill in
102 * @char **rest@ = where to store the remainder of the string
104 * Returns: Number of strings filled in.
106 * Use: Fills an array with pointers to the individual words of a
107 * string. This is a compatibility veneer over @str_qsplit@.
110 extern size_t str_split(char */
*p*/
, char */
*v*/
[],
111 size_t /*c*/, char **/
*rest*/
);
113 /* --- @str_match@ --- *
115 * Arguments: @const char *p@ = pointer to pattern string
116 * @const char *s@ = string to compare with
118 * Returns: Nonzero if the pattern matches the string.
120 * Use: Does simple wildcard matching. This is quite nasty and more
121 * than a little slow. Supports metacharacters `*', `?' and
125 extern int str_match(const char */
*p*/
, const char */
*s*/
);
127 /* --- @str_sanitize@ --- *
129 * Arguments: @char *d@ = destination buffer
130 * @const char *p@ = pointer to source string
131 * @size_t sz@ = size of destination buffer
135 * Use: Writes a string into a buffer, being careful not to overflow
136 * the buffer, to null terminate the result, and to prevent
137 * nasty nonprintable characters ending up in the buffer.
140 extern void str_sanitize(char */
*d*/
, const char */
*p*/
, size_t /*sz*/);
142 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/