This code seems to work as expected, populates an array of numbers using a single pointer
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(void)
{
int arr[4], count = 0, i;
char *p, s[32] = " \t 10, 15 \n ,20, 25 , ";
p = s;
do {
arr[count++] = (int)strtol(p, &p, 10);
while (isspace(*p) || *p == ',') p++;
} while (*p);
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
printf("%d\n", arr[i]);
}
return 0;
}
My question is:
It is valid to use p as param1 (source) and &p as param 2 (address of the first invalid character) in strtol?
Yes, it is safe. The first argument is passed by value, so strtol
has a local copy that isn't affected by changes written to the second parameter.
Yes it is safe.
Please refer to http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/string/byte/strtol for complete usage reference. Line 11 of the example illustrates a call using the same variable for the 1st and 2nd parameters.
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