Split string with delimiters in C

Question

How do I write a function to split and return an array for a string with delimiters in the C programming language?

char* str = \"JAN,FEB,MAR,APR,MAY,JUN,JUL,         


        

Answer 1

Explode & implode - initial string remains intact, dynamic memory allocation

#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

typedef struct
{
    uintptr_t   ptr;
    int         size;
} token_t;

int explode(char *str, int slen, const char *delimiter, token_t **tokens)
{
    int i = 0, c1 = 0, c2 = 0;

    for(i = 0; i <= slen; i++)
    {
            if(str[i] == *delimiter)
            {
                c1++;
            }
    }

    if(c1 == 0)
    {
            return -1;
    }

    *tokens = (token_t*)calloc((c1 + 1), sizeof(token_t));
    ((*tokens)[c2]).ptr = (uintptr_t)str;

    i = 0; 
    while(i <= slen)
    {
        if((str[i] == *delimiter) || (i == slen))
        {
                ((*tokens)[c2]).size = (int)((uintptr_t)&(str[i]) - (uintptr_t)(((*tokens)[c2]).ptr));
                if(i < slen)
                {
                    c2++;
                    ((*tokens)[c2]).ptr = (uintptr_t)&(str[i + 1]);
                }
        }
        i++;
    }
    return (c1 + 1);
}

char* implode(token_t *tokens, int size, const char *delimiter)
{
    int     i, len = 0;
    char    *str;

    for(i = 0; i < len; i++)
    {
        len += tokens[i].size + 1;
    }

    str = (char*)calloc(len, sizeof(char));

    len = 0;
    for(i = 0; i < size; i++)
    {
        memcpy((void*)&str[len], (void*)tokens[i].ptr, tokens[i].size);
        len += tokens[i].size;
        str[(len++)] = *delimiter;
    }

    str[len - 1] = '\0';

    return str;
}

Usage:

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    int         i, c;
    char        *exp = "JAN,FEB,MAR,APR,MAY,JUN,JUL,AUG,SEP,OCT,NOV,DEC";
    token_t     *tokens;
    char        *imp;

    printf("%s\n", exp);

    if((c = explode(exp, strlen(exp), ",", &tokens)) > 0)
    {
        imp = implode(tokens, c, ",");
        printf("%s\n", imp);

        for(i = 0; i < c; i++)
        {
            printf("%.*s, %d\n", tokens[i].size, (char*)tokens[i].ptr, tokens[i].size);
        }
    }

    free((void*)tokens);
    free((void*)imp);
    return 0;
}