STRSEP(3)                           Linux Programmer's Manual                           STRSEP(3)



NAME
       strsep - extract token from string

SYNOPSIS
       #include <string.h>

       char *strsep(char **stringp, const char *delim);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       strsep(): _BSD_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION
       If *stringp is NULL, the strsep() function returns NULL and does nothing else.  Otherwise,
       this function finds the first token in the string *stringp, that is delimited  by  one  of
       the bytes in the string delim.  This token is terminated by overwriting the delimiter with
       a null byte ('\0'), and *stringp is updated to point past the token.  In case no delimiter
       was found, the token is taken to be the entire string *stringp, and *stringp is made NULL.

RETURN VALUE
       The  strsep()  function  returns  a pointer to the token, that is, it returns the original
       value of *stringp.

ATTRIBUTES
   Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
       The strsep() function is thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO
       4.4BSD.

NOTES
       The strsep() function was introduced as a replacement for strtok(3), since the latter can‐
       not  handle empty fields.  However, strtok(3) conforms to C89/C99 and hence is more porta‐
       ble.

BUGS
       Be cautious when using this function.  If you do use it, note that:

       * This function modifies its first argument.

       * This function cannot be used on constant strings.

       * The identity of the delimiting character is lost.

SEE ALSO
       index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), string(3),  strpbrk(3),  strspn(3),  strstr(3),
       strtok(3)

COLOPHON
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