Function to parse string with tokens - c++

Question

I know how to program in C# and VB but not have idea about how to use C++ and have to program a little exe to a barcode scanner that use C++ :(
In this moment I try to parse a scanned barcode that have multiple data sepparated with a "/", I find that exist a strtok function, tested it "manually" and worked ok but I not implemented yet a working function to call it correctly, what I have now:
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int elemStr(char *str, char sep)
{
int cantElem;
unsigned ich;
cantElem = 0;
if (strlen(str) > 0) //at least 1 elem
cantElem++;
for (ich = 0; ich < strlen(str); ich++)
{
if (str[ich] == sep)
cantElem++;
}
return cantElem;
}
char* getElemStr(char *str, char sep[], int elem)
{
char *tempStr = NULL;
char *tok;
int currElem = 1;
// 1st data
strcpy( tempStr, str);
tok = strtok( tempStr, sep);
while( currElem != elem )
{
// Get next tokens:
tok = strtok( NULL, sep );
currElem++;
}
return tok;
}
void main( void )
{
char barcode[] = "710015733801Z/1/35";
char sep[] = "/";
char sep1 = sep[0];
char barcd[20];
char piezaChar[4];
int pieza;
char mtsChar[4];
int cantElem;
cantElem = elemStr(barcode, sep1 );
if (cantElem >= 1)
{
strcpy(barcd, getElemStr(barcode,sep,1) ); //pasa a str resultado;
printf("Cod: %s\n", barcd ); //STACK OVERFLOW HERE!
}
}
if I use strtok witout a function "getElemStr" it work ok but I try to use it on other places too.
Can I use strtok like this? You have a working example?
pd: I not have idea about pointers (sorry), good doc to learn about that?

Answer 1

Since you specifically asked about C++, I'm going to ignore your very c-style code and show you how to do this in C++:
#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
int main()
{
std::string barcode = "710015733801Z/1/35";
std::string sep = "/";
std::vector<std::string> v;
boost::split(v, barcode, boost::is_any_of(sep));
for(size_t i=0; i<v.size(); ++i)
std::cout << v[i] << '\n';
}

Answer 2

strtok destroys your original string. So i don't think it can be used with a char* that points to a static string. Static strings get copied to a read only portion of the executable.

Answer 3

Here is a C++ solution that doesn't use boost.
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
std::string barcode = "710015733801Z/1/35";
std::stringstream ss(barcode);
std::string elem;
while(std::getline(ss, elem, '/'))
{
//do something else meaningful with elem
std::cout << elem << std::endl;
}
return 0;
}
Output:
710015733801Z
1
35