const char *BLANKS = " \t";
-const char *TEXT = " hi there fr[ie]nd";
+const char *TEXT = " hi there fr[ie]nd";
/* 01234567890123456789
^ ^
*/
text = trim_leading_blanks((char *)TEXT);
rest = strpbrk(text, " []");
while (NULL != rest) {
+ /* How many chars have we got? */
diff = rest - text;
printf("%ld\n", diff);
+
+ /* Allocate and copy out the substring. */
snip = (char *)GC_malloc(diff + 1);
strncat(snip, text, diff);
- printf("%s <%c>\n", snip, rest[0]);
- text = ++rest;
+ printf("%s\n", snip);
+
+ /* The next char is a space or '[' or ']'. */
+ printf("<%c>\n", rest[0]);
+
+ /* */
+ text = trim_leading_blanks(++rest);
rest = strpbrk(text, " []");
}
printf("%s\n", text);