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Henry Zektser wrote:
> 
> Hey all, I'm using MSVC++ 6.0 Enterprise and strtok(). The following code
> builds, and executes, but I get no output on cerr, is this a problem with
> strtok? MS's sample code doesnt work either...
>  trying to do this:
> char LineContents[]="blah blah blah";
> char seps[]=" \n";
> 
>  token = strtok(LineContents, seps);
>  cerr << "token (bl): " << token << endl;
>  while( token != NULL )
>  {
>   cerr << "token: " << token << endl;
>   token = strtok( NULL, seps );
>  }

Without commenting on your program, I would advise you that strtok is
often frowned upon because:

1. it's no good with const strings.
2. the identity of the separating character is lost.
3. it maintains static data and is therefore not threadsafe or library
safe -- use the nonstandard strtok_r or better still, roll your own.

Oh, and you need to check that "token" is non-NULL (although your
example will be ok).

MSVC5 strtok used to work fine for me (I don't use it any more though).

alan


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