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 **)calloc(count, sizeof(char*));  *word = (char **)calloc(count, sizeof(char*));  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;}