argv_array: offer to split a string by whitespace

This is a simple function that will interpret a string as a whitespace delimited list of values, and add those values into the array. Note: this function does not (yet) offer to split by arbitrary delimiters, or keep empty values in case of runs of whitespace, or de-quote Unix shell style. All fo this functionality can be added later, when and if needed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Johannes Schindelin committed Apr 25, 2018 at 11:53 UTC c5aa6db64f6f43621568bb1fec9360c25dbd2749
2 files changed +22
argv-array.c
+20
@@ -64,6 +64,26 @@ void argv_array_pop(struct argv_array *array)
64 array->argc--;
65 }
66
67 +void argv_array_split(struct argv_array *array, const char *to_split)
68 +{
69 + while (isspace(*to_split))
70 + to_split++;
71 + for (;;) {
72 + const char *p = to_split;
73 +
74 + if (!*p)
75 + break;
76 +
77 + while (*p && !isspace(*p))
78 + p++;
79 + argv_array_push_nodup(array, xstrndup(to_split, p - to_split));
80 +
81 + while (isspace(*p))
82 + p++;
83 + to_split = p;
84 + }
85 +}
86 +
87 void argv_array_clear(struct argv_array *array)
88 {
89 if (array->argv != empty_argv) {
argv-array.h
+2
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL
19 void argv_array_pushl(struct argv_array *, ...);
20 void argv_array_pushv(struct argv_array *, const char **);
21 void argv_array_pop(struct argv_array *);
22 +/* Splits by whitespace; does not handle quoted arguments! */
23 +void argv_array_split(struct argv_array *, const char *);
24 void argv_array_clear(struct argv_array *);
25 const char **argv_array_detach(struct argv_array *);
26