C strtok function splits a string by a token
Syntax
C strtok function has the following syntax.
char *tokens = strtok(char *str1, char *splitter ); Header
C strtok function is from header file string.h.
Description
C strtok function splits string by tokens.
Example
Use C strtok function to split a string by token.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
/*from w ww. j a v a 2s. c o m*/
int main()
{
char string[] = "asd fasd fasdf asdfads fasdf";
char *tokenPtr;
printf( "%s\n%s\n\n%s\n",
"The string to be tokenized is:", string,
"The tokens are:" );
tokenPtr = strtok( string, " " );
while ( tokenPtr != NULL ) {
printf( "%s\n", tokenPtr );
tokenPtr = strtok( NULL, " " );
}
return 0;
}
The code above generates the following result.
