dutchfish

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <strings.h>
#include <string.h>

const char string[] = "COM1 COM2 LPT1 LPT2 USB0";
const char delimiters[] = " ,-:";
char *my_array;
char *running;
char *token;
char *passed_string;
char *string2;
int l;

int conv_str_to_array(char *passed_string);

int main()
{
	running = strdup(string);
	int j = 0;
	while (j != 1)
	{
		token = strsep (&running, delimiters);
		if (token != NULL)
		{
			printf("token %s\n", token);
		} else {
			j = 1;
		}
	}
	/* trying to use our new function */
	
	string2 = strdup(string);
	l = conv_str_to_array(string2);
	printf("%d\n", l);
	return 0;
}

/* trying to make it to a function wich is passed a string as argument
*/

int conv_str_to_array(char *passed_string)
{
	running = strdup(passed_string);
	int j,k = 0;
	while (j != 1)
	{
		token = strsep (&running, delimiters);
		if (token != NULL)
		{
			my_array[k] = *token;
			k++;
		} else {
			j = 1;
		}
	}
	return k;
}