Read from Console

Hello all

I'm developing a c++ code which reads a line from the console like this:

a=18
b=TRUE
c=Hello

-I want to check the first character.
-If it's "a" then i'll put the integer value after the equal on a variable that is an argument of the function. I want to use this variable outside the function (not a global variable)
-If it's a "b" then it's boolean
-If it's a "c" then its a string.

Console example:
a=34

Call my function (maybe something like this):
int &i;
bool b;
char s[50];
ReadConsoleLine(&a, &b, c);

The first character is an "a", therefore i'm going to change the variable "a" to 34.

I have this, code....
Will this work?
Any thoughts?

Code:

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void ReadConsoleLine(int a, bool b, char *c)
{
        char str [50];
        char tp[5];
        char * strtoken;


        scanf ("%s",str);
        strtoken = strtok (str,"=");
        while (strtoken != NULL)
        {
                strtoken = strtok (NULL, "="); //gets the text after the equal
        }

        strncpy (tp,str,1); //gets the first character



        if(strcmp(tp, "a") == 0)//integer
                a = atoi(strtoken);
        else
        {
                if(strcmp(tp, "b") == 0)//BOOL
                          b = (strcmp(strtoken, "False");
                       
                      else
                {
                        if(strcmp(tp, "c") == 0)//String
                                    strcpy(c, strtoken);
                }
        }

}

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Will this code work?
Thanks in advance:)

Have you tried the code? Does it work?

Jim

> I'm developing a c++ code which reads a line from the console like this:
So why is all the code you've written in C then?

And no, your code will not work.