.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek.
.\"
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
.\"
.\"	@(#)strsep.3	5.1 (Berkeley) 05/15/90
.\"
.TH STRSEP 3 ""
.UC 7
.SH NAME
strsep \- separate strings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
#include <string.h>

char *
strsep(char **stringp, char *delim);
.ft R
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Strsep
locates in the null-terminated string at
.I *stringp
the first occurence of any character in
.I delim
and replaces this with a '\e0',
records the location of the immediate following character in
.IR *stringp ,
then returns the original value of
.IR *stringp .
If no delimiter characters are found,
.B strsep
sets
.I *stringp
to NULL;
if
.I *stringp
is initially NULL,
.B strsep
returns NULL.
.SH EXAMPLES
The following uses
.I strsep
to parse strings containing runs of white space,
making up an argument vector:
.sp
.nf
.RS
char inputstring[100];
char **argv[51], **ap = argv, *p, *val;
.I "/* set up inputstring */"
for (p = inputstring; p != NULL; ) {
    while ((val = strsep(&p, " \et")) != NULL && *val == '\e0');
    *ap++ = val;
}
*ap = 0;
.RE