String search - strstr

[nailer]

I need help in finding a word in a string

I need to search for exact work in the string;

testfld = "FIND THE STRING IN THIS SENTENCE";
testfld1 = "FIND THESTRING IN THIS SENTENCE";
testfld2 = "FIND STRING IN THIS SENTENCE THE";

for ex the output for above should be - searching for "THE"
for testfld it will be yes
for testfld1 it will be false
for testfld2 it will be yes

strstr will match "THE" in the second string also...i need something which matches exact word in the string (word can be at the start, at the end or anywhere else), but it should match exact word...

could someone please give me a sample program?

[Salem]

So what's wrong with starting with strstr(), then adding some additional logic to remove the false matches?

And no, we're not in the business of handing out code on demand.

[nailer]

am sorry i didn't mean to ask for fully working code; just snippets; or even a single line would do;

back to strstr - if i search for "THE" using strstr it would match "THE", "STRINGTHE", "THESTRING" etc.,

i want to know if there is a way to find exact word in the sentence??

[Salem]

Well you find "THE" and then you check the character at either end of it.

strstr() gives you a pointer, the rest is just a bit of maths, and testing characters.

[DaveH]

Use strcmp on the strings you found with strstr.