searching strings from the infile.

[xxxa_u_r_axxx]

Hi!
My code is to search for the strings. Example when you type srtool.exe -s in -f sample.txt (in the command prompt), all the words containing "in" will be changed to ***in***

My problem is all words containing in will change to ** (one asterisk per word) instead of ***in***

please help me to look for the problem. i badly need the code by tom. Thanks!:)

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

#define SIZE 1000

void print_err();
FILE* fp=NULL;
FILE* fp_out=NULL;

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char infile[SIZE];
    char outfile[SIZE];
	char search_string[SIZE];
	char replace_string[SIZE];
    int f_count=0, r_count=0, o_count=0, s_count=0, i_count=0, w_count=0;
	int search_str_len;
    int i;

	//checking the argument from the command prompt
    for(i=1; i<argc; i++) {
        if(strlen(argv[i])!=2)
            print_err();

		if(argv[i][0]!='-')
            print_err();

        switch (argv[i][1]) {
			case 's':
				++s_count;

                if(!argv[i+1])
					print_err();

                strcpy(search_string,argv[i+1]);

                ++i;
				break;

            case 'f':
                ++f_count;
                if(!argv[i+1])
                    print_err();
                strcpy(infile,argv[i+1]);
                ++i;
                break;

            case 'o':
                ++o_count;

                if(!argv[i+1])
                    print_err();

                strcpy(outfile,argv[i+1]);

                ++i;
                break;

			case 'r':
			    ++r_count;
				 if(!argv[i+1])
                    print_err();

				strcpy(replace_string,argv[i+1]);
				++i;
                break;

			case 'i':
                ++i_count;
				break;

			case 'w':
                ++w_count;
                break;

            default:
                print_err();
                break;
        }
    }

    char new_word[SIZE];
    char line[SIZE];

    FILE* fp = fopen(infile, "r");  
    FILE* fp_out = fopen(outfile, "w");

	while(fgets(line, SIZE, fp)){
        char * p = strstr(line, search_string); 
        strcpy(new_word,"***");
        strcat(new_word, search_string);
        strcat(new_word, "***");

        while (p != NULL) {

            strncpy (p, new_word, strlen(search_string)); 
            p = strstr (p, search_string);
        }
        printf("%s", line); // writes these files to the OUTFILE
        fflush(stdin);
    }

}

void print_err() {
	printf("USAGE: srtool.exe [-s <search word>][-f <filename>] [-r <replace word>] [-w] [-i] [-o <outfile>]");
	exit(1);
}

[Narue]

That's a good start, but you aren't taking into account the rest of the data on the line. What you need to do is a string replacement, which involves copying everything before the search string to a buffer, append the replacement string, then everything after the search string. Depending on the length of the search string, you may need to grow the buffer so the final line will fit.

Example:

"This is a test" -> replace "is"
Copy "This " to the buffer: "This "
Append "***is***" to the buffer: "This ***is***"
Append " a test" to the buffer: "This ***is*** a test"

The code isn't terribly difficult, but dealing with all of the memory situations can be tedious. See what you can come up with.

[iamthwee]

Maybe:
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet262.html