Thread: Segfault using logical OR on for loop.

I've received a segmentation fault in this part of code:

Code:

for (; str[i] != '\0' || str[i] != ' '; i++)
{
        result[result_pos] = str[i];
        result_pos++;
}

which, should mean:

Code:

If str[i] is not equal to NULL character nor ' '; then, keep printing the chars within the word to variable result.

To understand what the function does, here's the whole code:

Code:

static char result[999];

/* char *split_word(const char *str, long n);
 * Splits a string word-by-word. Where N is the word number. */
char *split_word(const char *str, long n)
{
    size_t result_pos = 0;
    long scr;
    size_t i = 0;

    for (scr = 0; scr < n; scr++)
    {
        for (; str[i] != ' '; i++) ; /* Scrolls forward to the desired word */
        i++; /* Skip one char (the space). */
    }

    for (; str[i] != '\0' || str[i] != ' '; i++)
    {
        result[result_pos] = str[i];
        result_pos++;
    }

    return result;
}

I'm trying to accomplish an easier way round to split string by word than using "strtok_r()". It might sound like "re-inventing the wheel", but... i will try to make it neat later.

The code looks okay, why would it segfault? how can i fix that?