Getting the last word from a string using strtok?

I'm trying to get the last word from each line in a file using strtok(). I know how to step through each line in the file but I am having trouble getting the last word of the line.

The line looks like this:

Code:

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ROOM NAME: Room

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so far I have this:

Code:

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char *token = strtok(line, " ");
while (token != NULL)
{

printf("%s\n", token);
token = strtok(NULL, " ");

}

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The output:

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ROOM
NAME:
Room

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I'm printing out each word to see what I'm doing. Ultimately I would like to store the last word in a variable. I'm just not sure how to get the last word.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main() {
    FILE *f = fopen("data.txt", "r");
    char line[1000];

    while (fgets(line, sizeof line, f) != NULL) {
        char *last_tok = NULL;
        char *tok = strtok(line, " \t\n");
        while (tok) {
            last_tok = tok;
            tok = strtok(NULL, " \t\n");
        }
        if (last_tok)
            printf("%s\n", last_tok);
    }

    fclose(f);

    return 0;
}

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> The line looks like this:

Which suggests that a naive approach will quickly become obsolete. The line you posted suggests a specific file format, and in my experience the very next requirement added will be introspection of the first part. Instead of simply grabbing the last "word", I'd favor a proper tokenization of the file using knowledge of the format such that your tokens become ["ROOM NAME", "Room"].

In other words, as a start, separate the line on a colon and store the two parts (after trimming, of course) into a suitable data structure.