inetutils/libinetutils/argcv.c

/* argcv.c - simple functions for parsing input based on whitespace
  Copyright (C) 2001-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

  This file is part of GNU Inetutils.

  GNU Inetutils is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
  your option) any later version.

  GNU Inetutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program.  If not, see `http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'. */

#include <config.h>

#include "argcv.h"
#include <ctype.h>
#include <progname.h>

/*
 * takes a string and splits it into several strings, breaking at ' '
 * command is the string to split
 * the number of strings is placed into argc
 * the split strings are put into argv
 * returns 0 on success, nonzero on failure
 */

#define isws(c) ((c)==' '||(c)=='\t')
#define isdelim(c,delim) ((c)=='"'||strchr(delim,(c))!=NULL)

static int
argcv_scan (int len, const char *command, const char *delim,
	    int *start, int *end, int *save)
{
  int i = *save;

  /* Skip initial whitespace */
  while (i < len && isws (command[i]))
    i++;
  *start = i;

  switch (command[i])
    {
    case '"':
    case '\'':
      while (++i < len && command[i] != command[*start])
	;
      if (i < len)		/* found matching quote */
	break;
    default:
      if (isdelim (command[i], delim))
	break;
      /* Skip until next whitespace character or end of line */
      while (++i < len && !(isws (command[i]) || isdelim (command[i], delim)))
	;
      i--;
      break;
    }

  *end = i;
  *save = i + 1;
  return *save;
}

int
argcv_get (const char *command, const char *delim, int *argc, char ***argv)
{
  int len = strlen (command);
  int i = 0;
  int start, end, save;

  *argc = 0;
  *argv = NULL;

  while (len > 0 && isspace ((int) command[len - 1]))
    len--;
  if (len < 1)
    return 1;

  /* Count number of arguments */
  *argc = 1;
  save = 0;
  while (argcv_scan (len, command, delim, &start, &end, &save) < len)
    (*argc)++;

  *argv = calloc ((*argc + 1), sizeof (char *));

  i = 0;
  save = 0;
  for (i = 0; i < *argc; i++)
    {
      int n;
      argcv_scan (len, command, delim, &start, &end, &save);

      if (command[start] == '"' && command[end] == '"')
	{
	  start++;
	  end--;
	}
      else if (command[start] == '\'' && command[end] == '\'')
	{
	  start++;
	  end--;
	}
      n = end - start + 1;
      (*argv)[i] = calloc (n + 1, sizeof (char));
      if ((*argv)[i] == NULL)
	return 1;
      memcpy ((*argv)[i], &command[start], n);
      (*argv)[i][n] = 0;
    }
  (*argv)[i] = NULL;
  return 0;
}

/*
 * frees all elements of an argv array
 * argc is the number of elements
 * argv is the array
 */
int
argcv_free (int argc, char **argv)
{
  while (--argc >= 0)
    free (argv[argc]);
  free (argv);
  return 1;
}

/* Take a argv an make string separated by ' '.  */

int
argcv_string (int argc, char **argv, char **pstring)
{
  int i;
  size_t len;
  char *buffer;

  /* No need.  */
  if (pstring == NULL)
    return 1;

  buffer = malloc (1);
  if (buffer == NULL)
    return 1;
  *buffer = '\0';

  for (len = i = 0; i < argc; i++)
    {
      len += strlen (argv[i]) + 2;
      buffer = realloc (buffer, len);
      if (buffer == NULL)
	return 1;
      if (i != 0)
	strcat (buffer, " ");
      strcat (buffer, argv[i]);
    }

  /* Strip off trailing space.  */
  if (*buffer != '\0')
    {
      while (buffer[strlen (buffer) - 1] == ' ')
	{
	  buffer[strlen (buffer) - 1] = '\0';
	}
    }
  if (pstring)
    *pstring = buffer;
  return 0;
}

#if 0
char *command = "set prompt=\"& \"";

int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  int i, argc;
  char **argv;
  set_program_name (argv[0]);
  argcv_get (command, "=", &argc, &argv);
  printf ("%d args:\n", argc);
  for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
    printf ("%s\n", argv[i]);
}
#endif