std::strpbrk

 

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Defined in header <cstring>
const char* strpbrk( const char* dest, const char* breakset );
char* strpbrk(       char* dest, const char* breakset );

Scans the null-terminated byte string pointed to by dest for any character from the null-terminated byte string pointed to by breakset, and returns a pointer to that character.

Parameters

dest	-	pointer to the null-terminated byte string to be analyzed
breakset	-	pointer to the null-terminated byte string that contains the characters to search for

Return value

Pointer to the first character in dest, that is also in breakset, or null pointer if no such character exists.

Notes

The name stands for "string pointer break", because it returns a pointer to the first of the separator ("break") characters.

Example

Run this code

#include <cstring>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    const char* str = "hello world, friend of mine!";
    const char* sep = " ,!";
 
    unsigned int cnt = 0;
    do
    {
        str = std::strpbrk(str, sep); // find separator
        std::cout << std::quoted(str) << '\n';
        if (str)
            str += std::strspn(str, sep); // skip separator
        ++cnt; // increment word count
    } while (str && *str);
 
    std::cout << "There are " << cnt << " words\n";
}

Output:

" world, friend of mine!"
", friend of mine!"
" of mine!"
" mine!"
"!"
There are 5 words

See also

strcspn	returns the length of the maximum initial segment that consists of only the characters not found in another byte string (function)
strtok	finds the next token in a byte string (function)
strchr	finds the first occurrence of a character (function)
wcspbrk	finds the first location of any wide character in one wide string, in another wide string (function)
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