Thread: Split a string into two parts and save as two variables

hello guys...

I need to split the following string and save each part as a separate variable.

Code:

"00500+00611"

there string always will have 5 digits, a Plus (+) sign in the middle and 5 digits on the other side. so its always following the same structure.

i want to save "00500" as char xcoord, and "00611" as char ycoord. how would i do that? i tired strtok() but i could only extract one digit, here's my code:

Code:

int main()
{
	char Text[80] = {0};
	char * line = "GET /send.htm?Text=START+00500+11611 HTTP/1.1";
	char *s,*t;
	char * xcoord;
	char * ycoord;

	if(s = strchr(line, '+')) 
	{
		if(t = strchr(s, ' '))
			strncpy(Text, s+1, t-s);
	}
        // at this point Text will be 00500+11611
	//xcoord = strtok (Text, "+");
	printf("%s\n", xcoord);
        //at this point xcoord will be 00500
	printf("%s\n", Text);
}

thanking you in advance

Since your xcoord and ycoord are char pointers would you be satisfied with assigning these?

Code:

xcoord = s + 1;
ycoord = xcoord + 6;

... probably not. You want the numbers converted to integers?

Code:

sscanf(xcoord, "%d", &ixcoord);
sscanf(ycoord, "%d", &iycoord);

Something like that. I haven't tested.

xcoord = s + 1;
ycoord = xcoord + 6;

this didn' work for me , I don't need to convert those to integers, just save them as two char variables. how would i do that?

Originally Posted by Ali.B

this didn' work for me , I don't need to convert those to integers, just save them as two char variables. how would i do that?

You can't store a string as a char variable, because a char variable can only hold one char, not six as needed here.

Originally Posted by tabstop

You can't store a string as a char variable, because a char variable can only hold one char, not six as needed here.

right, i meant to store is as string, like "00611" as one string and "00500" as another string... how could i do that?

Originally Posted by Ali.B

right, i meant to store is as string, like "00611" as one string and "00500" as another string... how could i do that?

Probably as

Code:

xcoord = Text;
/* You may want to do:
   xcoord[5] = '\0';
   so that you don't print the y with the x, but this will change Text as well
*/
ycoord = Text+6;

yes... problem solved...
thanks MK27... i didn't see your first post.... it workd perfectly and i could exctract both parts
many thanks