parsestring

#include <stdio.h>int parse_string(char *string, char **word, char **part) {  char *args, *p = string;  int i, count = 1;    /* Trim leading white space, and duplicate string */  if(!p) return 0;  while(isspace(*string)) string++;   args = (char *)strdup(string);  if(!args) return -1;    /* Count words */  p = args;  while(*p && *(p+1)) { if(isspace(*p) && !isspace(*(p+1))) count++; p++; }  /* Allocate return pointers */  part = (char **)malloc(sizeof(char*) * count);  word = (char **)malloc(sizeof(char*) * count);  if(!part || !word) return -1;    /* Set pointers */  i = 1; p = args;  word[0] = args; part[0] = string;  while(*p && *(p+1)) {    if(isspace(*p)) { 	  if(!isspace(*(p+1))) {	    word[i] = p+1;		part[i] = string + ((p+1) - args);		i++;	  }      *p = '\0';	}	p++;  }      return count;}int main(int argc, char **argv) {  char *test = "  \t  This is\tonly  a \t test  \t  ";  char **word, **part;  int count;    count = parse_string(test, word, part);  if(count > 0) {    printf("Word %i = %s\n", count, part[count-1]);  } else {    printf("Parse failed: %i\n", count);  }  return 0;}