Thread: Text extraction

Try this. Keep in mind, the code will modify the string directly.

Code:

#include <string.h>

void RemoveWords(char *str);

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
	char str[81];

	strcpy(str, "<this> is some <test> data");

	RemoveWords(str);

	return 0;
}

void
RemoveWords(char *str)
{
#define		START_CHAR		'<'
#define		END_CHAR		'>'
	char *p;
	char *t;

	p = str;
	t = p;

	while (*t)			// while we haven't found the end of the string
	{
		if (*t == START_CHAR)
		{
			while (*t && *t != END_CHAR) // look for the END_CHAR
			{
				t++;
			}
			t++;		// skip the END_CHAR
		}
		
		*p = *t;		// finally, copy the current character
		p++;
		t++;
		
		if (*t == '\0')
			*p = '\0';
	}
}