C split string into token by delimiter and save as variables

Question

I want to split a string into tokens and save data into variables. I have the following string:

John|Doe|Melbourne|6270|AU

I need to split it by | and every token keep as variable so I can use them in my program, like:

fname = "John"
lname = "Doe"
city = "Melbourne"
zip = "6270"
country = "AU"

tried this so far, I can access first token the rest I don't know how (besides a while loop that doesn't help me):

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

int main (void) {
char str[] = "John|Doe|Melbourne|6270|AU";

strtok(str, "|");

printf("%s\n", str);
return 0;
}

Answer 1

    char fname[32], lname[32], city[32], zip[32], country[32];

    strcpy(fname, strtok(str , "|"));
    strcpy(lname, strtok(NULL, "|"));
    strcpy(city , strtok(NULL, "|"));
    strcpy(zip , strtok(NULL, "|"));
    strcpy(country, strtok(NULL, "|"));

    printf("%s\n", fname);
    printf("%s\n", lname);
    printf("%s\n", city);
    printf("%s\n", zip);
    printf("%s\n", country);

Answer 2

If the format is constant, you can use sscanf():

char fname[32], lname[32], city[32], zip[16], country[8];

if(sscanf(str, "%31[^|]|%31[^|]|%31[^|]|%15[^|]%7s",
               fname, lname, city, zip, country) == 5)
{
}

This uses the %[] character set format specifier to grab "everything except a vertical bar". The width is included to prevent buffer overruns.

Answer 3

just keep on calling strtok

char* name = strtok(str, "|");
char* surname = strtok(NULL, "|");
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