How does strtok() split the string into tokens in C?

Question

Please explain to me the working of strtok() function. The manual says it breaks the string into tokens. I am unable to understand from the manual what it actua

Answer 1

For those who are still having hard time understanding this strtok() function, take a look at this pythontutor example, it is a great tool to visualize your C (or C++, Python ...) code.

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#include 
#include 

int main()
{
    char s[] = "Hello, my name is? Matthew! Hey.";
    char* p;
    for (char *p = strtok(s," ,?!."); p != NULL; p = strtok(NULL, " ,?!.")) {
      puts(p);
    }
    return 0;
}

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