Thread: strtok() help...

So in short, you're trying to do string comparisons? Consider using strcmp then. Look in your handy C reference book of choice, or look at the man page for it. Also consider looking at this FAQ entry on why feof is a bad choice for controling loops.

Quzah.

What is token defined as? Is it an array of pointers which you've allocated space for? Or is it just a simple array or pointer? Meaning is it:

Code:

char token1[SOMESIZE]; /* like this? ( an array )*/
char *token2; /* or like this? ( a pointer )*/

Or is it something:

Code:

char *token1[SOMESIZE]; /* like this? ( an array of pointers ) */
char **token2; /* or this? ( a pointer to a pointer ) */

If it is one of the first two, then you're doing it wrong, and it should be:

Code:

if( strcmp( token, "int" ) == 0 )

Quzah.

So you can't do the strcmp() function on an element of an array?

If you're working with an array of pointers, then yes, you can reference elements of an array. If you've got a single array, then you don't want to address one single element in the array, because that would be just comparing one letter, not the whole word.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main( void )
{
    char foo[] = "This is a test.";
    int x;

    for( x = 0; foo[x] != '\0'; x++ )
        printf("%c", foo[x] ); /* go through each letter and print it */

    printf("%s", foo ); /* print the whole thing at once */

    return 0;
}

The above illustrates the point I'm making. strcmp is for comparing strings. The whole string, not just portions of it. If you wanted to just compare one letter, then you'd address the particular element of the array in question, just like the loop above does. If you want to compare the whole string, then it's like the second printf statement, where it uses the whole thing at once, and not each individual element.

Quzah.