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#include <stdio.h>#include <string.h>#include <new>using namespace std;int scount_chars(char *str, char c) {    int i;    int num_chars = 0;    for (i = 0; i < strlen(str); i++) {	num_chars += (str[i] == c) ? 1 : 0;    }    return num_chars;}int strnsplit(char *str, char c, int n, char ***dest) {    int i = 0;    char *token;    char delim[2];    /* make a copy, because strtok modifies the original */    char *str2 = strdup(str);    /* strtok takes a string as a delimiter */    delim[0] = c;    delim[1] = '\0';    int nc = scount_chars(str, c);    n = (n > nc) ? nc : n;    if (*dest) {        delete [] *dest;    }    try {        *dest = new char*[n+1];    }    catch (std::bad_alloc) {        *dest = 0;    }    for (token = strtok(str2, delim); token; token = strtok(NULL, delim)) {        *dest[i] = strdup(token);        i++;    }    return i;}int main() {	/* will want to strip the ';' before running split */	char foo[50] = "abcdabcd,efgh,ijkl,mnop";	char **bar = 0;	strnsplit(foo, ',', 4, &bar);	int i;	for (i=0; i<4; i++) {		printf("%s\n", bar[i]);	}	return 0;}OUTPUT:bhearsum@wesley:~/tmp$ ./split3abcdabcd(null)(null)(null)