Let's say we have one string containg "nethack.cnf". How can I seperate it into two strings? (one containg the filename "nethack" and the other containing the extension, "cnf")
Also, any algorithms that do what I mention above plus remove pathnames would be a plus ;)
sscanf, for one.
I don't know the code, but can't you read the string until char = '.' - 1 (one char short of the . char)? Maybe use strcpy() and write that to a buffer of sorts, and there's your first string. Then do the same from '\0' back to the '.' and strcpy() that to another buffer.Quote:
Originally Posted by sofakng
In VB you can remove a certain number of chars from either end of the string; but I don't know C well enough to know if there's a function to do that in this language.
TB
One way would be to write one yourself. It's not hard. Just loop through each character and decide which to dump and which to keep.
strrchr
Quzah.
strtok
Actually, when I did this, I wrote one myself. (Though Quzah's suggestion of strrchr is a good one.) Basically, you need to find the last '.'. strrchr() will do that. You don't really want to search forward, should they pass something exotic like I.Am.Special, and end up with ".Am.Special". There's also the issue of them passing a extensionless file that is in a directory with an extension, such as "~/.nethack/afile", where the dot in that is part of a directory. (Or something like "../nethack/file")
So, combining all that: Use strrchr() to search backwards for a . - but perhaps (if your situation requires it) do another search for '/' or '\' to ensure that you're only getting the one in the filename. (If you don't have a directory, then you wouldn't need to worry.)
Just my 2cent.