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.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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.\" Linux libc source code
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.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
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.\" 386BSD man pages
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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:00:10 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" Modified Mon Jan 20 12:04:18 1997 by Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
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.\" Modified Tue Jan 23 20:23:07 2001 by Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
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.TH STRSEP 3 2014-02-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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strsep \- extract token from string
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <string.h>
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.sp
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.BI "char *strsep(char **" stringp ", const char *" delim );
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.fi
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.sp
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.in -4n
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
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.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
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.in
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.sp
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.BR strsep ():
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_BSD_SOURCE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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If
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.I *stringp
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is NULL, the
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.BR strsep ()
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function returns NULL
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and does nothing else.
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Otherwise, this function finds the first token
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in the string
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.IR *stringp ,
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that is delimited by one of the bytes in the string
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.IR delim .
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This token is terminated by overwriting the delimiter
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with a null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq),
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and
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.I *stringp
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is updated to point past the token.
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In case no delimiter was found, the token is taken to be
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the entire string
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.IR *stringp ,
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and
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.I *stringp
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is made NULL.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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The
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.BR strsep ()
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function returns a pointer to the token,
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that is, it returns the original value of
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.IR *stringp .
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.SH ATTRIBUTES
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For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
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.BR attributes (7).
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.TS
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allbox;
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lb lb lb
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l l l.
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Interface Attribute Value
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T{
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.BR strsep ()
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T} Thread safety MT-Safe
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.TE
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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4.4BSD.
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.SH NOTES
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The
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.BR strsep ()
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function was introduced as a replacement for
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.BR strtok (3),
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since the latter cannot handle empty fields.
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However,
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.BR strtok (3)
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conforms to C89/C99 and hence is more portable.
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.SH BUGS
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Be cautious when using this function.
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If you do use it, note that:
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.IP * 2
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This function modifies its first argument.
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.IP *
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This function cannot be used on constant strings.
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.IP *
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The identity of the delimiting character is lost.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR index (3),
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.BR memchr (3),
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.BR rindex (3),
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.BR strchr (3),
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.BR string (3),
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.BR strpbrk (3),
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.BR strspn (3),
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.BR strstr (3),
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.BR strtok (3)
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